Synonyms of swaying

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adjective

as in lilting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lilting
• musical
• uniform
• rhythmic
• rhythmical
• steady
• metronomical
• even
• metronomic
• metric
• metrical
• regular
• cadenced
• measured
• cadent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unmeasured
• arrhythmic
• nonmetrical
• unrhythmic

swaying

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noun

as in influencing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• influencing
• prompting
• seduction
• lobbying
• tempting
• coaxing
• wheedling
• pressuring
• entreaty
• exhortation
• cajolery
• persuading
• blandishment
• convincing
• inducing
• brainwashing
• inducement
• cajolement
• conversion
• urging
• suasion
• overpersuasion
• persuasion

swaying

3 of 3

verb

present participle of sway

1

as in affecting

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response

how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, "Please take me home with you?"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• influencing
• affecting
• impressing
• impacting
• touching
• striking
• reaching
• moving
• interesting
• inspiring
• telling (on)
• involving
• bothering
• getting to
• attracting
• fascinating
• disturbing
• stirring
• dazzling
• concerning
• penetrating
• ravishing
• worrying
• biasing
• transporting
• carrying away
• entrancing
• enchanting
• engaging
• troubling
• plaguing
• harassing
• trying
• upsetting
• distressing
• stressing
• enrapturing
• perturbing
• captivating
• piercing
• disquieting
• afflicting
• biassing
• charming
• agitating
• enthralling
• smiting
• coloring
• pestering
• bewitching
• flustering
• alluring
• wringing
• discomforting
• straining
• harrying
• discomposing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tiring
• boring
• wearying
• palling
• jading
• underwhelming

2

as in lurching

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

the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in governing

archaic to exercise authority or power over

an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• governing
• ruling
• controlling
• dominating
• commanding
• dictating
• managing
• domineering
• presiding (over)
• leading
• administering
• overseeing
• captaining
• bossing
• regulating
• conducting
• supervising
• heading
• directing
• oppressing
• mastering
• conquering
• superintending
• reigning (over)
• subduing
• micromanaging
• subjugating
• tyrannizing
• lording (it over)