sway

sway is a 4-letter English word with 19 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 9 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
2. intransitive verb. To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.
3. intransitive verb. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
4. intransitive verb. To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
5. intransitive verb. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
6. intransitive verb. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
7. intransitive verb. To have weight or influence.
8. intransitive verb. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
9. noun. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
10. noun. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
11. noun. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
12. noun. Rule; dominion; control.
13. noun. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
14. noun. pitching dangerously to one side

    Synonyms: careen, rock, tilt

15. noun. controlling influence
16. verb. move back and forth or sideways

    "the ship was rocking"

    "the tall building swayed"

    Synonyms: rock, shake

17. verb. cause to move back and forth

    "rock the cradle"

    "rock the baby"

    Synonyms: rock

18. verb. move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

    "He swung back"

    Synonyms: swing

19. verb. win approval or support for

    "Carry all before one"

    "His speech did not sway the voters"

    Synonyms: carry, persuade

Synonyms

careen, rock, tilt, shake, swing, carry, persuade

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sway:

ways, yaws

Common word forms

sways, swayed, swayer, swayful, swaying, swayable, swayless

Words from these letters

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