Thesaurus
sway
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of SWAY
1
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?”>
Related Words carry away, dazzle, enrapture, entrance, enthrall (or enthral), ravish, transport; bias, color; inspire, stir; engage, interest, involve, penetrate, pierce; afflict, agitate, bother, concern, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, fluster, harass, harry, perturb, pester, plague, smite, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry, wring; allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate
2
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions <the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous>
3
archaic to exercise authority or power over <an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world>
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