Synonyms and Antonyms of swing

synonym (synonym of swing)

  • (noun.act)
    swinging, vacillation
    changing location by moving back and forth (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    jive, swing music
    a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    lilt
    a jaunty rhythm in music (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.act)
    golf shot, golf stroke
    the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    baseball swing, cut
    in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball (noun.act)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    sway
    move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.social)
    swing over
    influence decisively (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    sweep, swing out
    make a big sweeping gesture or movement (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    dangle, drop, suspend
    hang freely (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.social)
    get around
    be a social swinger; socialize a lot (verb.social)
     

hypernym (swing IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a jaunty rhythm in music (noun.attribute)
    rhythmicity
    the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music (noun.attribute)
     
  • a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them (noun.act)
    contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country dancing, country-dance
    a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line (noun.act)
     
  • a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity (noun.state)
    action, activeness, activity
    the state of being active (noun.state)
     
  • a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz (noun.communication)
    jazz
    a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles (noun.communication)
     
  • a sweeping blow or stroke (noun.act)
    blow
    a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon (noun.act)
     
  • alternate dramatically between high and low values (verb.change)
    change
    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change)
     
  • be a social swinger; socialize a lot (verb.social)
    socialise, socialize
    take part in social activities; interact with others (verb.social)
     
  • change direction with a swinging motion; turn (verb.motion)
    go, locomote, move, travel
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (verb.motion)
     
  • changing location by moving back and forth (noun.act)
    motion, move, movement
    the act of changing location from one place to another (noun.act)
     
  • engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends (verb.contact)
    fornicate
    have sex without being married (verb.contact)
     
  • hang freely (verb.stative)
    hang
    be suspended or hanging (verb.contact)
     
  • have a certain musical rhythm (verb.stative)
    be
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)
     
  • hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement (verb.competition)
    aim, direct, take, take aim, train
    point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards (verb.competition)
     
  • in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball (noun.act)
    shot, stroke, shot, stroke
    (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand (noun.act)
     
  • influence decisively (verb.social)
    act upon, influence, work
    have and exert influence or effect (verb.social)
     
  • live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style (verb.stative)
    live
    lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style (verb.stative)
     
  • make a big sweeping gesture or movement (verb.contact)
    handle, manage, wield
    handle effectively (verb.contact)
     
  • mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth (noun.artifact)
    mechanical device
    mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    plaything, toy
    an artifact designed to be played with (noun.artifact)
     
  • move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting (verb.motion)
    displace, move
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)
     
  • move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner (verb.motion)
    move back and forth
    move in one direction and then into the opposite direction (verb.motion)
     
  • play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm (verb.creation)
    play
    play on an instrument (verb.creation)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF swing relation)

  • alternate dramatically between high and low values (verb.change)
    fluctuate, vacillate, waver
    move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern (verb.motion)
     
  • hang freely (verb.stative)
    droop, loll
    hang loosely or laxly (verb.stative)
     
  • mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth (noun.artifact)
    trapeze
    a swing used by circus acrobats (noun.artifact)
     
  • move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting (verb.motion)
    wind up
    give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching (verb.motion)
     
  • move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner (verb.motion)
    waver, weave
    sway to and fro (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    lash
    lash or flick about sharply (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    oscillate, vibrate
    move or swing from side to side regularly (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    brachiate
    swing from one hold to the next (verb.motion)
     
  • the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it (noun.act)
    downswing
    a swing downward of a golf club (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    fade, slice, slicing
    a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    draw, hook, hooking
    a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    drive, driving
    hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    explosion
    a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    putt, putting
    hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    approach, approach shot
    a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    sclaff
    a poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    shank
    a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    teeoff
    the act of hitting a golf ball from the teeing ground at the start of each hole (noun.act)
     

part meronym (HAS PART relation)

  • a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them (noun.act)
    square dance, square dancing
    American country dancing in which couples form squares (noun.act)
     
  • mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth (noun.artifact)
    playground
    yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play (noun.artifact)
     

derivation (.... is derived from swing)

  • a jaunty rhythm in music (noun.attribute)
    lilt
    articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way (verb.communication)
     
  • (adj.all)
    lilting, swinging, swingy, tripping
    characterized by a buoyant rhythm (adj.all)
     
  • a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz (noun.communication)
    jive
    dance to jive music; dance the jive (verb.creation)
     
  • a sweeping blow or stroke (noun.act)
    sweep, swing, swing out
    make a big sweeping gesture or movement (verb.contact)
     
  • changing location by moving back and forth (noun.act)
    fluctuate, vacillate, waver
    move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    sway, swing
    move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    swing
    change direction with a swinging motion; turn (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    dangle, drop, swing
    hang freely (verb.stative)
     
  • engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends (verb.contact)
    swinger, tramp
    a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex (noun.person)
     
  • have a certain musical rhythm (verb.stative)
    jive, swing, swing music
    a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz (noun.communication)
     
  • make a big sweeping gesture or movement (verb.contact)
    sweep
    a movement in an arc (noun.act)
     
  • move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting (verb.motion)
    golf shot, golf stroke, swing
    the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it (noun.act)
     
  • move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner (verb.motion)
    swing, swinging, vacillation
    changing location by moving back and forth (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    careen, rock, sway, tilt
    pitching dangerously to one side (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    swinger
    someone who swings sports implements (noun.person)
     
  • play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm (verb.creation)
    lilt, swing
    a jaunty rhythm in music (noun.attribute)
     

domain category (swing is domain category of ....)

  • (noun.communication)
    music
    an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner (noun.communication)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym part meronym derivation domain category swinging vacillation jive swing music lilt golf shot motion move contra danse contradance shot stroke downswing fade draw hook drive driving square dance square dancing playground fluctuate vacillate sway dangle drop sweep music
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