swing - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

changing location by moving back and forth

Synonyms

• swing
• swinging
• vacillation

More generic

• motion
• move
• movement

Noun

a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• contra danse
• contradance
• contredanse
• country dancing
• country-dance

Related

• square dance
• square dancing

Noun

in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

Synonyms

• baseball swing
• cut
• swing

More generic

• shot
• stroke

Noun

the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

Synonyms

• golf shot
• golf stroke
• swing

More generic

• shot
• stroke

More specific

• approach
• approach shot
• downswing
• draw
• drive
• driving
• explosion
• fade
• hook
• hooking
• putt
• putting
• sclaff
• shank
• slice
• slicing
• teeoff

Noun

a sweeping blow or stroke

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• blow

Noun

mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• mechanical device
• plaything
• toy

More specific

• trapeze

Related

• playground

Noun

a jaunty rhythm in music

Synonyms

• lilt
• swing

More generic

• rhythmicity

Noun

a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

Synonyms

• jive
• swing
• swing music

More generic

• jazz

Noun

a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

Synonyms

• swing

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• action
• activeness
• activity

Verb

alternate dramatically between high and low values

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• change

More specific

• fluctuate
• vacillate
• waver

Verb

hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• aim
• direct
• take
• take aim
• train

Verb

engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• fornicate

Verb

make a big sweeping gesture or movement

Synonyms

• sweep
• swing
• swing out

More generic

• handle
• manage
• wield

Verb

play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• play

Verb

move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

Synonyms

• sway
• swing

More generic

• move back and forth

More specific

• brachiate
• lash
• oscillate
• vibrate
• waver
• weave

Verb

change direction with a swinging motion; turn

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

Verb

move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• displace
• move

More specific

• wind up

Verb

be a social swinger; socialize a lot

Synonyms

• get around
• swing

More generic

• socialise
• socialize

Verb

influence decisively

Synonyms

• swing
• swing over

More generic

• act upon
• influence
• work

Verb

live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• live

Verb

hang freely

Synonyms

• dangle
• drop
• swing

More generic

• hang

More specific

• droop
• loll

Verb

have a certain musical rhythm

Synonyms

• swing

More generic

• be

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