swerve as a noun: - 1
- 2
as a verb: - 1
swerve
noun
1 swerve
2 swerve
An erratic deflection from an intended course.
synonym: yaw.
verb
1 swerve
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.
synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, trend, veer.
Roget 20a:
vary
etc.
(change)
140;
deviate
etc.
279;
diverge
etc.
291;
alternate,
swerve.
Roget 140:
change,
alter,
vary,
wax and wane;
modulate,
diversify,
qualify,
tamper with;
turn,
shift,
veer,
tack,
chop,
shuffle,
swerve,
warp,
deviate,
turn aside,
evert,
intervert†;
pass to,
take a turn,
turn the corner,
resume.
work a change,
modify,
vamp,
superinduce;
transform,
transfigure,
transmute,
transmogrify,
transume†;
metamorphose,
ring the changes.
innovate,
introduce new blood,
shuffle the cards;
give a turn to,
give a color to;
influence,
turn the scale;
shift the scene,
turn over a new leaf.
recast
etc.
146;
reverse
etc.
218;
disturb
etc.
61;
convert into
etc.
144.
... show more
Roget 279:
alter one's course,
deviate,
depart from,
turn,
trend;
bend,
curve
etc.
245;
swerve,
heel,
bear off;
gybe†,
wear.
intervert†;
deflect;
divert,
divert from its course;
put on a new scent,
shift,
shunt,
draw aside,
crook,
warp.
stray,
straggle;
sidle;
diverge
etc.
291;
tralineate†;
digress,
wander;
wind,
twist,
meander;
veer,
tack;
divagate;
sidetrack;
turn aside,
turn a corner,
turn away from;
wheel,
steer clear of;
ramble,
rove,
drift;
go astray,
go adrift;
yaw,
dodge;
step aside,
ease off,
make way for,
shy.
fly off at a tangent;
glance off;
wheel about,
face about;
turn to the right about,
face to the right about;
waddle
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
go out of one's way
etc.
(perform a circuit)
629;
lose one's way.
... show more
Roget 603:
be unwilling
etc.
adj.;
nill;
dislike
etc.
867;
grudge,
begrudge;
not be able to find it in one's heart to,
not have the stomach to.
demur,
stick at,
scruple,
stickle;
hang fire,
run rusty;
recoil,
shrink,
swerve;
hesitate
etc.
605;
avoid
etc.
623.
oppose
etc.
708;
dissent
etc.
489;
refuse
etc.
764.
... show more
Roget 607:
change one's mind,
change one's intention,
change one's purpose,
change one's note;
abjure,
renounce;
withdraw from
etc.
(relinquish)
624;
waver,
vacillate;
wheel round,
turn round,
veer round;
turn a pirouette;
go over from one side to another,
pass from one side to another,
change from one side to another,
skip from one side to another;
go to the rightabout;
box the compass,
shift one's ground,
go upon another tack.
apostatize,
change sides,
go over,
rat;
recant,
retract;
revoke;
rescind
etc.
(abrogate)
756;
recall;
forswear,
unsay;
come over,
come round to an opinion;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [U.S.].
draw in one's horns,
eat one's words;
eat the leek,
swallow the leek;
swerve,
flinch,
back out of,
retrace one's steps,
think better of it;
come back return to one's first love;
turn over a new leaf
etc.
(repent)
950.
trim,
shuffle,
play fast and loose,
blow hot and cold,
coquet,
be on the fence,
straddle,
bold with the hare but run with the hounds;
nager entre deux eaux [Fr.];
wait to see how the cat jumps,
wait to see how the wind blows.
... show more
Dutch: zwerven, regelen, afzwenken, evolueren, uitzwenken, zwaaien, zwenken
Moby thesaurus: L, aberrancy, aberration, about ship, about the bush, alter, ameliorate, angle, angle off, apex, avoid, back and fill, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, beat around, beg the question, bend, bent, bias, bifurcate, bifurcation, bight, blench, blink, bottom out, box off, branch, branch off, branching off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, career, cast, cast about, change, change course, change the bearing, change the heading, checker, chevron, chop, chop and change, circuitousness, coin, come about, come around, come round, corner, crank, cringe, crook, crotchet, curve, declination, deflect, deflection, degenerate, depart, depart from, departure, deteriorate, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, deviousness, digress, digression, dip, discursion, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversify, diversion, dodge, dogleg, double, double a point, draw back, drift, drifting, duck, elbow, ell, equivocate, err, errantry, evade, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, fade, fall back, fence, fetch about, flinch, flop, fork, furcate, furcation, go about, gybe, hairpin, hang back, haul around, heave round, hedge, heel, hem and haw, hook, improve, indirection, inflection, jib, jibe, jibe all standing, knee, lurch, meliorate, miss stays, mitigate, modulate, mutate, nook, oblique, obliquity, parry, pererration, ply, point, pull away, pull back, pussyfoot, put about, put back, put off, quail, quoin, rambling, recoil, reel back, retreat, revive, round a point, sheer, sheer off, shift, shift off, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, shrink, shrink back, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep, skew, slant, slew, slue, start aside, start back, step aside, stray, straying, sway, sweep, swerving, swing, swing round, swing the stern, swinging, tack, take a turn, throw about, trend, turn, turn aside, turn back, turn into, turn the corner, turning, twist, undergo a change, variation, vary, veer, vertex, wander, wandering, ward off, warp, waver, wear, wear ship, weasel, weasel out, wince, wind, worsen, yaw, zag, zig, zigzag ... show more.
debug info: 0.0394