Clues for the word "SWAY"
We've had 109 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 296 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Sunday crossword on March 31, 2024.
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
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 23, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 06, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 23, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 18, 2024
- LA Times - December 30, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 13, 2023
- USA Today - November 14, 2023
- New York Times - November 03, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 17, 2023
- Daily American - September 14, 2023
- Daily American - July 22, 2023
- Your Life Choices - July 14, 2023
- Mirror Daily - June 19, 2023
- USA Today - June 17, 2023
- Mirror Daily - June 16, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 30, 2023
- Daily American - May 26, 2023
- LA Times - April 29, 2023
- USA Today - March 22, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - March 14, 2023
- USA Today - March 10, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 08, 2023
- Daily American - February 25, 2023
- New York Times - February 18, 2023
- LA Times - January 18, 2023
- Mirror Daily - January 12, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 03, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - November 30, 2022
- Mirror Daily - July 15, 2022
- And in 266 more crossword puzzles...