Noun

• S: (n) swing (a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity) "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things"
• S: (n) swing (mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth)
• S: (n) swing (a sweeping blow or stroke) "he took a wild swing at my head"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon) "a blow on the head"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) stroke (a single complete movement)
• S: (n) motion, movement, move, motility (a change of position that does not entail a change of location) "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
• S: (n) change (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) entail (the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple)
• S: (n) about-face, volte-face, reversal, policy change (a major change in attitude or principle or point of view) "an about-face on foreign policy"
• S: (n) adulteration (the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another))
• S: (n) move, relocation (the act of changing your residence or place of business) "they say that three moves equal one fire"
• S: (n) downshift (a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle)
• S: (n) downshift (a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) filtration (the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter)
• S: (n) reduction, simplification (the act of reducing complexity)
• S: (n) decimalization, decimalisation (the act of changing to a decimal system) "the decimalization of British currency"
• S: (n) metrification, metrication (the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds)
• S: (n) variation (the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard) "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
• S: (n) turning (act of changing in practice or custom) "the law took many turnings over the years"
• S: (n) diversification, variegation (the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)) "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line"
• S: (n) flux (in constant change) "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"
• S: (n) switch, switching, shift (the act of changing one thing or position for another) "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
• S: (n) substitution, exchange, commutation ((20) )
• S: (n) promotion (act of raising in rank or position)
• S: (n) demotion (act of lowering in rank or position)
• S: (n) change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
• S: (n) alteration, modification, adjustment (the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment))
• S: (n) motion, movement, move (the act of changing location from one place to another) "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
• S: (n) movement (the act of changing the location of something) "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
• S: (n) motion, movement, move, motility (a change of position that does not entail a change of location) "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
• S: (n) change of direction, reorientation (the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented)
• S: (n) change of magnitude (the act of changing the amount or size of something)
• S: (n) change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
• S: (n) conversion (the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another)
• S: (n) updating (the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something)) "criminal records need regular updating"
• S: (n) change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)
• S: (n) satisfaction (act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite) "the satisfaction of their demand for better services"
• S: (n) nationalization, nationalisation (the action of rendering national in character)
• S: (n) communization, communisation (a change from private property to public property owned by the community)
• S: (n) secularization, secularisation (the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion)
• S: (n) rollover (the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) action (something done (usually as opposed to something said)) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• part holonym
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) swing, swinging, vacillation (changing location by moving back and forth)
• S: (n) swing, swing music, jive (a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz)
• S: (n) lilt, swing (a jaunty rhythm in music)
• S: (n) golf stroke, golf shot, swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)
• S: (n) baseball swing, swing, cut (in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball) "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
• S: (n) swing (a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them)

Verb

• S: (v) swing (move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting) "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) swing [Related to: swing] (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)
• W: (n) swing [Related to: swing] (a sweeping blow or stroke) "he took a wild swing at my head"
• W: (n) swinger [Related to: swing] (someone who swings sports implements)
• sentence frame
• S: (v) swing, sway (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner) "He swung back"
• S: (v) swing (change direction with a swinging motion; turn) "swing back"; "swing forward"
• S: (v) swing, swing over (influence decisively) "This action swung many votes over to his side"
• S: (v) swing, sweep, swing out (make a big sweeping gesture or movement)
• S: (v) dangle, swing, drop (hang freely) "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
• S: (v) swing (hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement) "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
• S: (v) swing (alternate dramatically between high and low values) "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
• S: (v) swing (live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style) "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
• S: (v) swing (have a certain musical rhythm) "The music has to swing"
• S: (v) swing, get around (be a social swinger; socialize a lot)
• S: (v) swing (play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm)
• S: (v) swing (engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends) "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"