Synonyms of sways

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noun

plural of sway

1

as in effects

the power to bring about a result on another

under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• effects
• influences
• impacts
• repercussions
• consequences
• pulls
• marks
• weights
• clouts
• importances
• significances
• dominations
• prestiges
• dominions
• authorities
• commands
• supremacies
• sovranties
• masteries
• sovereignties

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weaknesses
• impotences
• impotencies

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as in influences

the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly

outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• influences
• leverages
• pulls
• weights
• credits
• authorities
• ins
• clouts
• hefts
• importances
• juices
• impresses
• impacts
• reigns
• counter-influences
• scepters
• impressions
• moments
• dominances
• counterinfluences
• consequences
• dominions
• commands
• sovereignties
• predominances
• eminences
• supremacies
• sovranties
• imprints
• masteries
• marks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weaknesses
• impotences
• impotencies

3

as in controls

the right or means to command or control others

a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East

Synonyms & Similar Words

• controls
• powers
• reigns
• dominions
• reins
• grips
• arms
• clutches
• influences
• holds
• authorities
• commands
• pulls
• death grips
• jurisdictions
• sovereignties
• voices
• dominances
• privileges
• leverages
• masteries
• weights
• managements
• directions
• clouts
• rights
• importances
• prerogatives
• supremacies
• predominances
• sovranties
• imperiums
• moments
• eminences

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impotences
• weaknesses
• impotencies

sways

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sway

1

as in affects

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

• influences
• affects
• impresses
• impacts
• touches
• strikes
• reaches
• inspires
• moves
• involves
• interests
• tells (on)
• bothers
• attracts
• disturbs
• dazzles
• gets to
• fascinates
• penetrates
• stirs
• engages
• enthralls
• concerns
• ravishes
• enthrals
• biases
• worries
• perturbs
• enraptures
• pierces
• transports
• troubles
• tries
• harasses
• enchants
• carries away
• entrances
• captivates
• colors
• afflicts
• smites
• plagues
• upsets
• agitates
• biasses
• stresses
• pesters
• distresses
• wrings
• allures
• bewitches
• disquiets
• flusters
• charms
• harries
• discomposes
• discomforts
• strains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wearies
• bores
• palls
• tires
• jades
• underwhelms

2

as in lurches

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

• lurches
• rocks
• shakes
• tosses
• vibrates
• halts
• wobbles
• rolls
• careens
• seesaws
• jerks
• tumbles
• vacillates
• falters
• wavers
• staggers
• weaves
• wabbles
• totters
• waddles
• undulates
• oscillates
• stumbles
• hobbles
• teeters
• flounders
• toddles
• jolts
• pitches
• reels
• waggles
• hitches
• bucks
• blunders
• dodders
• wags

3

as in governs

archaic to exercise authority or power over

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• governs
• rules
• dominates
• controls
• dictates
• manages
• commands
• leads
• domineers
• administers
• oversees
• bosses
• regulates
• directs
• presides (over)
• conducts
• captains
• supervises
• oppresses
• heads
• conquers
• masters
• micromanages
• reigns (over)
• tyrannizes
• subjugates
• superintends
• subdues
• lords (it over)