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Showing words for SWAYED using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Swayed

swayed

5 Letter Words for Swayed

deaws, deawy, sawed, sayed, wades, wayed, yawed, yeads

4 Letter Words for Swayed

awed, awes, ayes, daes, dase, dawe, daws, days, deas, deaw, dews, dewy, deys, dyas, dyes, easy, eyas, sade, swad, sway, swey, syed, wade, wads, wady, waes, wase, ways, weds, weys, wyde, wyes, yade, yaws, yead, yeas, yews

3 Letter Words for Swayed

ade, ads, ady, aes, ase, awd, awe, aws, aye, ays, dae, das, daw, day, dea, des, dew, dey, dye, dys, ead, eas, eds, esd, sad, saw, say, sea, sed, sew, sey, swa, swy, sye, wad, wae, was, way, wed, wey, wye, yad, yas, yaw, yds, yea, yed, yes, yew

Definitions for Swayed

[1] swaybacked.
[2] to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
[3] to move or incline to one side or in a particular direction.
[4] to incline in opinion, sympathy, tendency, etc.: She swayed toward conservatism.
[5] to fluctuate or vacillate, as in opinion: His ideas swayed this way and that.
[6] to wield power; exercise rule.
[7] to cause to move to and fro or to incline from side to side.
[8] to cause to move to one side or in a particular direction.
[9] Nautical . to hoist or raise (a yard, topmast, or the like) (usually followed by up ).
[10] to cause to fluctuate or vacillate.
[11] to cause (the mind, emotions, etc., or a person) to incline or turn in a specified way; influence.
[12] to cause to swerve, as from a purpose or a course of action: He swayed them from their plan.
[13] to dominate; direct.
[14] to wield, as a weapon or scepter.
[15] to rule; govern.
[16] the act of swaying; swaying movement.
[17] rule; dominion: He held all Asia in his sway.
[18] dominating power or influence: Many voters were under his sway.
[19] (usually intr) to swing or cause to swing to and fro
[20] (usually intr) to lean or incline or cause to lean or incline to one side or in different directions in turn
[21] (usually intr) to vacillate or cause to vacillate between two or more opinions
[22] to be influenced or swerve or influence or cause to swerve to or from a purpose or opinion
[23] (tr) nautical to hoist (a yard, mast, or other spar)
[24] archaic , or poetic to rule or wield power (over)
[25] (tr) archaic to wield (a weapon)
[26] control; power
[27] a swinging or leaning movement
[28] archaic dominion; governing authority
[29] hold sway to be master; reign

Words related to Swayed

wobble, lean, bend, waver, swing, overrule, persuade, impress, inspire, dominate, swagger, incline, pulsate, undulate, lurch, vibrate, wave, stagger, careen, rock

Words nearby Swayed

sway, sway bar, sway-back, swayback, swaybacked, swayed, swaz., swazi, swazi territory, swaziland, swazzle

Origin of Swayed

1300–50; (verb) Middle English sweyen < Old Norse sveigja “to bend, sway” (transitive); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the verb

Other words from Swayed

un·swayed , adjective
sway·a·ble , adjective
sway·er , noun
sway·ing·ly , adverb
self-sway , noun
un·sway·a·ble , adjective
un·sway·ing , adjective

Word origin for Swayed

C16: probably from Old Norse sveigja to bend; related to Dutch zwaaien, Low German swājen

Synonyms for Swayed

bend, lean, swing, waver, wobble, careen, fluctuate, incline, lurch, oscillate, pulsate, rock, roll, stagger, swagger, undulate, vibrate, wave, weave, yo-yo, blow hot and cold, hem and haw, pendulate