Sway

Noun

 * 1) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
 * 2) A rocking or swinging motion.
 * 3) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
 * I doubt I'll hold much sway with someone so powerful.
 * 1) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
 * 2) Rule; dominion; control.
 * 3) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
 * 4) The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion

Verb

 * 1) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
 * The trees swayed in the breeze.
 * 1) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
 * 2) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade
 * Do you think you can sway their decision?
 * 1) 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
 * 1)  To hoist (a mast or yard) into position
 * to sway up the yards
 * 1) To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
 * 2) To have weight or influence.
 * 3) To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

Adjectives for Sway
illimitable; righteous; feeble; departed; unquestioned; long-time; potent; ancient; undisputed; mightier; steadfast; insolent; kindred; arbitrary; gracious; territorial; viceregal; double; singular; patriarchal; uncomquerable; antique; despotic; sovereign; frigid; intolerable; murmurous; usurped; omnipotent; mischievous.

Verbs for Sway
administer—; augment—; cripple—; deaden —; diminish—; exercise—; exert—; extend —; invalidate—; paralyze—; scotch—; undermine—; strengthen—; wield—; —controls; —dominates; —dwindles.

Adverbs for Sway
dizzily; rhythmically; musically; gently; indolently; perilously; alluringly; entrancingly; violently; restlessly; emotionally; psychologically; tremendously; dreamily; religiously.

Thesaurus
acme, administration, affect, alternate, amplitude, angle, angle off, angularity, argue into, ascend, ascendancy, authority, authorization, back and fill, bank, be-all and end-all, bear off, bear reign, bend, bias, blue ribbon, blunder, bob, bobble, break down, bring, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, cant, captivate, careen, career, carry, cave in, championship, charisma, charm, civil government, claws, climb, clout, clutches, coggle, collapse, color, command, con, conduct, consequence, control, convince, credit, crook, dangle, decide, decline, deflect, descend, determine, deviate, dip, direct, direction, directorship, discipline, dispensation, dispose, disposition, distort, divagate, diverge, divert, dominance, domination, dominion, draw over, drop, ebb and flow, effect, effectiveness, eminence, empery, empire, enchantment, engage, enlist, esteem, expanse, fall, fall away, fall in, fall off, falter, favor, first place, first prize, flounce, flounder, fluctuate, flutter, force, form of government, founder, gain, gain over, get, get to do, go downhill, go through phases, go uphill, good feeling, govern, governance, government, grade, grasp, grip, hand, hands, headship, heave, hegemony, height, highest, hobbyhorse, hold, hook, hook in, imperium, importance, impress, incidental power, inclination, incline, induce, influence, influentiality, insinuation, inspire, interest in, iron hand, jaundice, jurisdiction, keel, kingship, labor, lead, leadership, lean, leaning, leaning tower, leverage, librate, libration, list, lordship, lurch, lure, magnetism, make heavy weather, manage, management, mastership, mastery, maximum, might, moment, most, move, ne plus ultra, new high, nutate, oblique, oscillate, outtalk, overrule, oversight, palms, paramountcy, pendulate, personality, persuade, persuasion, pitch, pitch and plunge, pitch and toss, plunge, political organization, polity, potency, pound, power, predispose, predominance, prejudice, prejudice against, prejudice the issue, preponderance, prepossess, presidency, pressure, prestige, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, primacy, procure, prompt, purchase, raj, rake, range, reach, rear, record, reel, regime, regimen, regnancy, regulation, reign, repute, resonate, retreat, ring the changes, rise, rock, roll, rule, rule over, say, scend, scope, seesaw, seethe, sell, sell one on, shake, sheer, shelve, shift, shuffle, sidle, skew, slant, slope, slue, soften up, sovereignty, spread, stagger, stretch, strike, strings, struggle, stumble, suasion, subtle influence, suggestion, supervision, supremacy, swag, sweep, swerve, swing, swinging, system of government, talk into, talk over, talons, teeter, teeter-totter, tempt, tend, thrash about, tilt, tinge, tip, tone, top spot, topple, topple down, topple over, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter, touch, tower of Pisa, tumble, turn, twist, undulate, upper hand, uprise, vacillate, vary, veer, vibrate, volutation, wag, waggle, wallop, wallow, wangle, wangle into, warp, wave, waver, wax and wane, wear down, wear the crown, weave, weigh with, weight, welter, whip hand, wield the scepter, win, win over, wobble, work, yaw, zenith

Etymology
Earlier undefined: 'to fall, swoon', from sweyen:, from  sveigja: 'to bend, bow', from  (cf. East Frisian swooie: 'to swing, wave', Dutch zwaaien: 'id.', Low German undefined: 'to sway in the wind'), from  (cf. Lithuanian svaĩgti: ‘to become giddy or dizzy’, Avestan pairipairišxuaxta: ‘to surround’, Sanskrit undefined: ‘he embraces, enfolds’).

Noun

 * Finnish: heiluminen, heilunta


 * Finnish: huojuminen, huojunta


 * Finnish:


 * Polish: władza

Verb

 * Afrikaans: swaaie
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,


 * German:, sich wiegen,
 * Polish: trząść
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:


 * German:, schwenken


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, beherrschen


 * Polish:


 * German:


 * Finnish:

Anagrams

 * ways
 * yaws