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| Main Entry: | swing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving back and forth |
| Synonyms: | beat, cadence, fluctuation, lilt, measure, meter, motion, oscillation, rhythm, stroke, sway, tempo, undulation, vibration, cadency, swaying |
| Main Entry: | swing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move back and forth; be suspended |
| Synonyms: | avert, away, curve, dangle, deflect, divert, flap, fluctuate, hang, lurch, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pivot, reel, revolve, rock, roll, rotate, sheer, suspend, sway, swerve, swivel, turn, twirl, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, wag, waggle, wave, wheel, whirl, wiggle, wobble, be pendent, pendulate, shunt, turn about, turn on an axis, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | brandish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaunt, swing around |
| Synonyms: | display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, gesture, parade, raise, shake, show, show off, sport, swing, threaten, trot out*, warn, wield, come on strong, throw weight around |
| Antonyms: | not show |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cadence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rhythm |
| Synonyms: | accent, beat, count, inflection, intonation, lilt, measure, meter, modulation, pulse, swing, tempo, throb, rhythmus |
| Main Entry: | dangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend |
| Synonyms: | brandish, depend, droop, entice, flap, flaunt, flourish, hang, lure, sling, sway, swing, tantalize, tempt, trail, wave, hang down |
| Main Entry: | engineer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devise; bring about |
| Synonyms: | angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle*, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, plot, rig*, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work, play games, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flutter |
| Synonyms: | agitate, beat, dangle, flail, flash, flop, hang, lop, shake, swing, swish, thrash, vibrate, wag, wave, thresh |
| Main Entry: | flicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle, flutter |
| Synonyms: | blare, blaze, blink, burn, dance, flare, flash, flit, fluctuate, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, hover, oscillate, quaver, quiver, scintillate, shimmer, swing, tremble, twinkle, vibrate, waver, flitter |
| Main Entry: | fluctuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vacillate, change |
| Synonyms: | alter, alternate, blow hot and cold*, flutter, hem and haw*, hesitate, oscillate, seesaw*, shift, swing, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, wave, waver, be undecided, ebb and flow, go up and down, rise and fall, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | hold, persist, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wave rapidly, flap |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bat, beat, dance, drift, flicker, flit, flop, fluctuate, hover, lop, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quaver, quiver, ripple, ruffle, shake, shiver, swing, throb, tremble, vibrate, wiggle, wobble, flitter |
| Main Entry: | jazz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style of music |
| Synonyms: | blues, swing, Dixieland, bebop, boogie, boogie-woogie, bop, fusion jazz, hot jazz, improvisational music, jive*, ragtime |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | latitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom, room to move; scope |
| Synonyms: | breadth, compass, elbow room, extent, independence, indulgence, laxity, leeway, liberty, license, margin, play, range, reach, room, run, space, span, spread, sweep, swing, width, run of, unrestrictedness |
| Antonyms: | limitation, restriction |
| Main Entry: | lunge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pounce |
| Synonyms: | charge, cut, jab, jump, pass, spring, stab, swing, swipe, thrust |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | lurch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move toward with jerk |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bumble, careen, dodge, duck, falter, flounder, heave, jerk, lean, list, pitch, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, slide, slip, stagger, stumble, sway, swing, teeter, tilt, toss, totter, wallow, weave, wobble, yaw, move to the side |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | meter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rhythm, beat |
| Synonyms: | cadence, feet, lilt, measure, music, pattern, poetry, rhyme, structure, swing, cadency, mora |
| Main Entry: | music |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sounds that are pleasant, harmonized |
| Synonyms: | a cappella, acoustic, air, chamber, classical, folk, fusion, hard rock, harmony, hymn, instrumental, jazz, measure, melody, modern, piece, popular, rap, refrain, rock, singing, song, soul, strain, swing, tune, bebop, bop, heavy metal, opera, plainsong, ragtime, rock and roll |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Main Entry: | oscillate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change back and forth |
| Synonyms: | dangle, flicker, fluctuate, lurch, palpitate, pitch, pivot, reel, ripple, rock, roll, seesaw, stagger, sway, swing, switch, swivel, teeter, thrash, toss, totter, undulate, vacillate, vary, vibrate, waddle, wag, waggle, waltz, wave, waver, whirl, wiggle, wobble, be unsteady, fishtail, librate, pendulate, teeter-totter |
| Notes: | oscillate means to be undecided about something or regularly swing from side to side, while osculate means to kiss or to come together - in mathematics it means to have three or more points coincident with |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | ply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use, work at |
| Synonyms: | carry on, dispense, employ, exercise, exert, follow, function, handle, maneuver, manipulate, practice, pursue, put out, swing, throw, utilize, wield |
| Antonyms: | idle, be lazy |
| Main Entry: | reach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent, range; stretch |
| Synonyms: | ability, ambit, capacity, command, compass, distance, extension, gamut, grasp, horizon, influence, jurisdiction, ken, latitude, magnitude, mastery, orbit, play, power, radius, scope, spread, sweep, swing, purview |
| Antonyms: | limitation |
| Main Entry: | reciprocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange, alternate; equal |
| Synonyms: | barter, be equivalent, correspond, feel in return, interchange, make up for, match, pay one's dues, recompense, render, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment, scratch one's back, serve out, share, square, swap, swing, tit for tat*, trade, vacillate |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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