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Synonyms of sway

5 similar words

Another word for sway is sweet flag. Other synonyms of sway are careen, rock, waver and play.

Synonyms and similar words for sway

nounSynonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”).

  • sweet flagA perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors.

verbMore synonyms

  • careenTo lurch or sway violently from side to side.
  • rockTo sway one's body as a stim.
  • waverTo feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
  • play

Meaning of sway

  1. noun The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
  2. noun A rocking or swinging motion.
  3. noun Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side.

Full definition of sway

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Questions about synonyms of sway

What is another word for sway?
Sway has 5 synonyms on Word.ws, such as sweet flag, careen, rock, waver and play.
What does sway mean?
Sway means the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sway (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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