swap, v. exchange, trade, barter, substitute; switch, transpose, invert, commute, permute; interchange, bandy, give and take,
sward, n. grass, turf, sod, artificial grass, Trademark. Astroturf; greensward, grassplot, patch of grass, green, grassy land; lawn, grounds, gardens, grassland, field, meadow, Archaic, mead; village green, common, quadrangle, Inf. quad, mall, park,
swarm, n. 1. hive, horde, host, multitude, crowd, throng, mob; drove, herd, pack, flock, cloud, gaggle, bevy, covey, flight, school, shoal; band, company, group, body, assemblage, assembly, aggregation; congregation, gathering, concentration, huddle, bunch, cluster, knot; mass, concourse, confluence, conflux, convergence; congestion, jam, crush, press, rush, stream, flood, deluge.
-v. 2. throng, crowd, herd, group, cluster, huddle, concentrate, bunch up or together; mass, congregate, gather, agglomerate; flock together, surge, stream; convene, forgather, converge, come together, meet.
3. Usu.
swarm with abound, teem with, pullulate, burst with, bristle with, be alive with, crawl with; overflow, overspill, overbrim, superabound, exuberate, know no bounds; throng with, crowd with, jam, pack, stuff, fill.
4. overrun, run riot or wild, overspread, overgrow, infest, plague, beset.
swarthy, adj. dark-colored, swart, Archaic, swarth, dark-complexioned, dark-complected, dark-skinned, dark, dusky; black-skinned, black, ebony, sable, jet-black, coal-black, pitch-black, Inf. black as tar, raven; blackish, nigrescent; brown-skinned, brown, brown-colored, chocolate, tawny, olive-skinned; Black, Negro, Negroid, African, Ethiopian, Arab,
swashbuckler, n. soldier of fortune, musketeer, soldier, adventurer, daredevil, hotspur; swordsman, duelist, fencer; Errol Flynn, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
swatch, n. sample, patch, specimen; example, copy; scrap, remnant; piece, bit, portion, fragment, chunk, cut, clipping.
swathe, v. 1. bind, wrap, bundle up, bandage, swaddle. See - swaddle.
-n. 2. bandage, swaddle, wrapping, covering, dressing, gauze; bind, tie.
sway, v. 1. swing, oscillate, rock, move back and forth or to and fro, librate, undulate, wave, vibrate; nod, wobble, flicker; sheer off, Naut. jibe, teeter, reel, totter.
2. incline, bend, lean, tend, swerve, veer, tilt; slip, slide, slope, slant, yaw, deviate, stray.
3. fluctuate, vacillate, waver; equivocate, Sl. waffle, hesitate.
4. jiggle, agitate, convulse, shake, nudge, push, jolt.
5. influence, impress, touch, move, stir, strike; persuade, talk into, win over, bring around, convince, induce, bias, predispose; urge, spur, stimulate, impel, prompt.
-n. 6. swaying, swinging, oscillation, vibration, libration, undulation; fluctuation, vacillation, hesitation; incline, bend, tilt; slant, bias, prejudice, onesidedness, partiality, predisposition, predilection, close-mindedness.
7. rule, dominion, authority, mastery, iron hand; influence, control, command, leadership, guidance, direction; domination, power, hands, palm of one's hand, charge; ascendancy, supremacy, reach, scope, range, grasp, grip, clutches,
swear, v. 1. take an oath, swear on the Bible, swear on a stack of Bibles, swear by all that's holy, say before God.
2. vow, pledge, promise, solemnly promise; give one's word, say on Scout's honor, pledge one's honor, cross one's heart and hope to die; affirm, asseverate, avow, aver, attest, declare, assert, state flat out; own, acknowledge, profess, admit, confess.