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swaying
[swey] 
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sway
[swey]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move back and forth |
| Synonyms: | bend, blow hot and cold, careen, fluctuate, hem and haw, incline, lean, lurch, oscillate, pendulate, pulsate, rock, roll, stagger, swagger, swing, undulate, vibrate, wave, waver, weave, wobble, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | stay, steady |
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Main Entry: | alternate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take turns, change back and forth |
| Synonyms: | act reciprocally, alter, blow hot and cold, change, come and go, exchange, fill in for, fluctuate, follow, follow in turn, interchange, intersperse, oscillate, relieve, rotate, seesaw, shift, shilly-shally, substitute, sway, vacillate, vary, waver, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | continue |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade; influence |
| Synonyms: | change mind, compel, direct, mold, shape, subdue, submit, sway, yield |
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to favor |
| Synonyms: | distort, incline, influence, make partial, prejudice, prepossess, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight |
| Antonyms: | be fair, be impartial, be just |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause; influence |
| Synonyms: | begin, compel, contribute to, convert, convince, create, dispose, effect, engender, force, induce, inflict, lead, make, move, occasion, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon, produce, prompt, result in, sway, wreak |
| Antonyms: | avoid, back out, desist, give up, hold back, pass up |
| Main Entry: | budge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dislodge from staid position |
| Synonyms: | bend, change, change position, convince, give way, inch, influence, locomote, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield |
| Main Entry: | careen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tilt; move wildly down path |
| Synonyms: | bend, lean, lurch, pitch, sway, tilt |
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | win; accomplish |
| Synonyms: | affect, be victorious, capture, drive, effect, gain, get, impel, impress, influence, inspire, move, prevail, secure, spur, strike, sway, touch, urge |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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