Clues for the word "SWAY"
We've had 111 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 328 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 29, 2026.
Definition of sway
- v. i. - To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
- v. i. - To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.
- v. i. - 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.
- v. i. - To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
- v. i. - To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- v. i. - To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
- v. i. - To have weight or influence.
- v. i. - To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
- n. - The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
- n. - Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
- n. - Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- n. - Rule; dominion; control.
- n. - A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Referring Clues
- Influence
- Swing in the breeze
- Go to and fro
- Dominion
- Have an effect on
- Bend in the wind
- What many rulers hold
- Convince
- Affect decision making
- Enjoy the hammock
- Go this way and that way
- Rock gently
- Persuade
- Rock or roll
- Swing gently
- Move in the breeze
- Have influence on
- Pull
- Get into the music
- Move to and fro
- Successfully lobby
- Rock back and forth
- Exert influence on
- Show flexibility
- Have an impact on
- Something to do to the music
- Dance romantically
- Move to music
- Dance to rock music?
- Move to a beat
- Influence one's decision
- Lobby successfully
- Rock from side to side
- Oscillate
- Dance movement
- What rulers hold
- Bend with the breeze
- Dominance
- Power
- Totter
- Fluctuate
- Waver
- Vacillate
- Move back and forth
- Swing to and fro
- Go back and forth
- Lean (toward)
- Win over
- Rock to the music
- Make like a pendulum
- Oscillation
- Decline
- Clutch and ___ (slow dance)
- Swing, as trees in the wind
- Swing back and forth
- Rock
- Swing partner
- Rock rhythmically
- Teeter
- Rock and roll
- What leaders hold
- Influence, as one's decision
- Swing in the breeze, say
- Move to the music, maybe
- Clout
- Rock to music
- Cause to fluctuate
- Move in the wind
- Bend with a breeze
- Move to the music
- What trees do in fierce storms
- Bend
- Move from side to side
- Wave in the wind
- Enjoy a hammock
- Go from side to side
- Strong influence
- Move back and forth
- Power twists from behind
- Win over, for example, taking wickets
- Rock and rule
- Power - rock
- Lean from side to side - influence
- With, for example, outside influence
- Wave's power
- Swing to & fro
- Control speed, initially, on road
- Rock, southern style
- Move to and fro, for example, around centre of Norwich
- Move like a pendulum
- Rock, for example, is overweight
- Move back and forth in the breeze
- The master holds it
- Convince, as voters
- Swing
- Move like a hammock
- Do the hula, say
- Rule
- Move to the rhythm
- Dominating power
- Bend to and fro with the breeze
- What trees do in the wind
- Move various ways
- Go to and fro out West, say
- Move left ... right ... left ... right ...
- Move gently side to side
- '50s song covered by The Pussycat Dolls
- Go back and forth, say
- Radio host Calloway
- Rock to and fro
- Move like a branch in the breeze
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 21, 2026
- New York Times - December 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 18, 2025
- New York Times - November 11, 2025
- LA Times - October 10, 2025
- Daily American - September 14, 2025
- New York Times - August 16, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 14, 2025
- LA Times - August 04, 2025
- Daily American - July 22, 2025
- Daily American - May 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 25, 2025
- Daily American - February 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 06, 2025
- New York Times - January 07, 2025
- USA Today - December 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 04, 2024
- USA Today - November 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 02, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 06, 2024
- Your Life Choices - September 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 10, 2024
- LA Times - June 21, 2024
- Daily American - June 03, 2024
- And in 298 more crossword puzzles...