sway
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
controlling influence
Types & categories
- power hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
move back and forth or sideways
the ship was rocking
Types & categories
- move back and forth hypernym
- roll hyponym
- nutate hyponym
- swag hyponym
- totter hyponym
Related & opposite
- waggle derivation
- careen derivation
- rocking chair derivation
- sway derivation
- rock verb group
Sense 3 noun
pitching dangerously to one side
Types & categories
- pitching hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
He swung back
Types & categories
- move back and forth hypernym
- weave hyponym
- lash hyponym
- vibrate hyponym
- brachiate hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
win approval or support for
Carry all before one
Types & categories
- influence hypernym
Related & opposite
- sway derivation
- persuasive derivation
- convincible derivation
- carry verb group
Sense 6 verb
cause to move back and forth
rock the cradle
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rock |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | persuade |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | power |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waggle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rocking chair |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sway |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | rock |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move back and forth |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | roll |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nutate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | swag |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | totter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rock |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rock |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | swing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tilt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bumpy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pitching |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | swinging |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | swinger |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move back and forth |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | weave |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lash |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | vibrate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | brachiate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sway |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | persuasive |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | convincible |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | carry |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | influence |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rocker |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rocker |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | rock |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |