sway
verb
[ sweɪ ]
• move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.
• "he swayed slightly on his feet"
Similar:
swing,
shake,
oscillate,
rock,
undulate,
move from side to side,
move to and fro,
move back and forth,
stagger,
wobble,
lurch,
reel,
roll,
list,
stumble,
pitch,
keel,
veer,
swerve,
waver,
fluctuate,
vacillate,
alternate,
vary,
see-saw,
yo-yo,
equivocate,
hesitate,
shilly-shally,
hum and haw,
blow hot and cold,
• control or influence (a person or course of action).
• "he's easily swayed by other people"
Similar:
influence,
affect,
bias,
persuade,
prevail on,
bring round,
talk round,
win over,
convert,
manipulate,
bend,
mould,
nobble,
sway
noun
• a rhythmical movement from side to side.
• "the easy sway of her hips"
• rule; control.
• "the country was under the sway of rival warlords"
Similar:
jurisdiction,
rule,
government,
sovereignty,
dominion,
control,
command,
power,
authority,
ascendancy,
domination,
mastery,
supremacy,
influence,
leadership,
direction,
leverage,
pull,
clout,
Origin:
Middle English: corresponding in sense to Low German swājen ‘be blown to and fro’ and Dutch zwaaien ‘swing, walk in a tottering way’.
hold sway
• have great power or influence over a particular person, place, or domain.
• "they had held sway in France for a quarter of a century"
Similar:
hold power,
wield power,
exercise power,
rule,
be most powerful,
be in power,
be in control,
predominate,
have the ascendancy,
have the greatest influence,
have the upper hand,
have the edge,
have/hold the whip hand,
run the show,
be in the driving seat,
be in the saddle,
