Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "swing" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

porch

Coordinate Terms

fry

Derived Terms

Kuznets swing Russian swing Tarzan swing Western swing at church every time the doors swing open away swing bird's nest swing check swing check-swing come out swinging compass swing electro swing go with a swing gypsy swing in full swing love swing mis-swing mood swing neo-swing new jack swing new jill swing not enough room to swing a cat overswing porch swing reverse swing rope swing sex swing swing and a miss swing at anchor swing away swing back swing bin swing both ways swing bridge swing by swing check valve swing churn swing credit swing dance swing dancing swing dog swing door swing for swing for the fence swing for the fences swing gang swing handle swing into action swing loan swing motion swing of things swing off swing one's dick around swing out swing over swing pan swing plough swing ride swing round the circle swing saw swing set swing shelf swing shift swing sickness swing state swing station swing table swing tag swing that way swing the lead swing through swing tool swing trot swing vote swing voter swing wheel swing wing swing-back swing-swang swing-wing swingle swings and roundabouts tail swing tire swing what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

Context

boxing carpentry cricket engineering music nautical politics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act upon action activeness activity aim blow change contra danse contradance contredanse country dancing country-dance direct displace fornicate go handle hang influence jazz live locomote manage mechanical device motion move move move back and forth movement play plaything rhythmicity shot socialise socialize sound stroke take take aim toy train travel wield work

Type Of (IsA)

action blow country dance jazz mechanical device motion plaything seat

Manner Of

aim be change fornicate influence live move move back and forth play socialize travel wield

Part Of

playground square dance

Related Terms

acrobats afford augment change children circus dance diameter election financially fixed fluctuate gallows genre hook incumbent lathe liberty musical theater notes off centre opposition outcome performer playground point porch punch relax result rhythm ride shape sideways style swapping trajectory turn understudy vote wave wife

Synonym Network

baseball swing dangle golf stroke lilt

Manner Variants (Troponyms)

pivot swivel

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.