SWAN Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

swan

verb

Definition of swan

as in to stroll

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Recent Examples of swan Glamorous as ever at 92, Joan Collins swans onto the Cannes red carpet in ruffles and diamonds for the Electric Kiss premiere. — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026 The music video, in which Tay swans around a Malibu mansion in a pastel two-piece, was more controversial. — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023 This season reaches its pinnacle of camp with a visit from Oscar Wilde himself (Jordan Sebastian Waller), who swans through a crowd of Manhattan elite dropping droll asides after the premiere of his first play, Vera; or, The Nihilists. — EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023 People, especially San Francisco old-timers, like to talk about the way our politicos tend to swan through the dining room at lunchtime, shaking outstretched hands on the way to their favorite tables. — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2021

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Verb

Julian Lucas strolled through the museum’s exhibitions to see for himself.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026
Year-round, the downtown plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is typically a quiet place to stroll and maybe grab your morning coffee.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of stroll

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The charter Girardeau sailed with was about four miles out and almost at the its trip when word of the hammerhead was radioed out — the crew decided to take a chance and sped up the coast 15 minutes to see the shark still sauntering in the sea.

— Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026
Before sauntering down the stairwell to the dressing room, Stones stopped to sign autographs for fans in Inter’s pitchside hospitality suites.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of saunter

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In surveillance video provided by police, two young men wearing hoodies, with their hoods up, and surgical-style face masks, are seen quickly ambling down the sidewalk.

— Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Note that Denise is the parent who arms herself with a rifle and first shoots a dinosaur while Greg ambles around with a baseball bat.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of amble

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Last year, the park said the plane now rests at shallower depths that do not require technical dive expertise.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
The remains were supposed to be cremated, returned to the donor's family or laid to rest in a cemetery, according to court documents.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of rest

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The way Brooks stomped, or glided, or moseyed into the end zone will be forgotten.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026
There were more than a dozen giraffes moseying in the early morning sun, their stature made all the more astounding by their unexpected multitude.

— Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026

Definition of mosey

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The company revealed that both the Containerized Missile Launcher and the FV-014 loitering munition system are in-house developments.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
At the same time, Iran has reportedly modified another one of its Shahed series of loitering munitions based directly on combat lessons derived from Russia’s war on Ukraine.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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