Synonyms of seesawing

seesawing

verb

present participle of seesaw

1

as in swaying

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions

as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swaying
• lurching
• rocking
• shaking
• rolling
• vibrating
• careening
• jerking
• tossing
• wobbling
• halting
• tumbling
• vacillating
• wavering
• faltering
• reeling
• pitching
• weaving
• staggering
• oscillating
• tottering
• floundering
• teetering
• jolting
• blundering
• waddling
• stumbling
• hobbling
• bucking
• undulating
• hitching
• toddling
• wagging
• waggling
• doddering

2

as in bobbing

to make short up-and-down movements

the price of the stock has been seesawing all week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bobbing
• pumping
• shaking
• jerking
• swaying
• nodding
• wagging
• jogging
• jouncing
• swinging
• rocking
• bobbling
• oscillating
• wobbling
• wiggling
• jiggling
• ducking
• undulating
• dropping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seesawing

Hewlett Packard Enterprise emerged as one of the most overbought stocks as the market grappled with seesawing volatility this week. — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 June 2026

In the midst of seesawing oil prices, reports suggest the project — slated for completion in late 2027 — is well ahead of schedule and already around 50% complete. — Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

The clearest example of the two companies’ seesawing outlooks is in performance running. — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 29 Apr. 2026

This includes soaring gas prices at the pump, seesawing stock markets, rising food and fertilizer prices, higher shipping-insurance costs, and fuel shortages that have touched off violence, work stoppages, and profiteering in parts of Asia and Africa. — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026

Armchair investors have endured several stomach-churning days in March, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones averages seesawing in response to the Iran war, surging gas prices and inflation fears. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

The back-and-forth sent oil prices and stock markets seesawing. — Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026

The seesawing decisions by Jones Dickson came during a hearing Monday, when Tran’s trial was expected to get underway with his case being assigned a trial judge. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026