4 Letters
3 Consonants
1 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use sway as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Sway
A 1 syllables noun and 4 letters with the letters a, s, w, and y, 3 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters wa. Sway starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sw, swa, and the ending characters are y, ay, way, ..
Definition
Pitching dangerously to one side
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Sway is set as a kindergarten word that starts with s, ends with y, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 4 letters.
Scrabble
Is sway a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Sway in Pig Latin is said as "aysway or ayswway".
Unigram
s | w | a | y
Bigram
sw | wa | ay
Trigram
swa | way
Quadrigram
sway
Word Gram
Noun Examples
pitching dangerously to one side
controlling influence
Verb Examples
move back and forth or sideways;
"the ship was rocking";
"the tall building swayed";
"She rocked back and forth on her feet"
cause to move back and forth;
"rock the cradle";
"rock the baby";
"the wind swayed the trees gently"
move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner;
"He swung back"
win approval or support for;
"Carry all before one";
"His speech did not sway the voters"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Sway"

There are 1,252 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to sway.

SynonymDefinition
Abdominal External Oblique Muscle
About(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
"lasted approximately an hour"
"in just about a minute"
"he''s about 30 years old"
"I''ve had about all I can stand"
"we meet about once a month"
"some forty people came"
"weighs around a hundre
Acea serve that the receiver is unable to reach
Acerbitya sharp and bitter manner
Acid Rock
Acmethe highest point (of something)
"at the peak of the pyramid"
Acrimonya sharp and bitter manner
Adamantvery hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
Adamantinenot capable of being swayed or diverted from a course
unsusceptible to persuasion
"he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"
"Cynthia was inexorable
she would have none of him"- W.Churchill
"an intransigent conservative opposed to every libera
Adeptsomeone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

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Anagrams

There are 3 anagrams from sway.

Anagram Definition
Swaypitching dangerously to one side
Waysstructure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
Yawsan infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages
marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions

View English words with the unique letters used in sway. Words With The Letters Aswy

Derives

Sway derives from 20 words.

Word Definition
Anglea biased way of looking at or presenting something
Canttwo surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
Cant Over
Careenpitching dangerously to one side
Keelone of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel
can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
Leanthe property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
"the tower had a pronounced tilt"
"the ship developed a list to starboard"
"he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
Lurchan unsteady uneven gait
Pitchthe action or manner of throwing something
"his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"
Reelan American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
Rockpitching dangerously to one side

Hypernyms

Sway has 3 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Lurchan unsteady uneven gait
Pitchthe action or manner of throwing something
"his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"
Pitching(baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team

Names With The Word "Sway"

6 names are spelled with sway.

NameMaleFemale
SwayneYesNo
SwayzeYesYes
SwayYesYes
SwayamYesNo
SwayzeeNoYes

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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word sway.

Is sway a scrabble word or can you use sway in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 27231 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 25545 games. This 4 letter 10 point scrabble word can be rearranged 24 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, s, w, and y? There's 4 with 6 letters or less with the letters a, s, w, and y. Here is a list of 4 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Sway (4 letters) 10 9 ways
Ways (4 letters) 10 9 ways
Yaws (4 letters) 10 9 ways
Aways (5 letters) 11 +1 10 +1 aaswy





     

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