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wielding

[weel-ding] / ˈwil dɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
operating
Synonyms
STRONGEST
performing running
STRONG
accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving spinning supervising sustaining transacting turning using
WEAK
at work
NOUN
conduct
Synonyms
STRONGEST
charge handling management manipulation oversight plan policy strategy transaction treatment
STRONG
care channels control direction execution guidance leadership organization posture regimen regulation rule running superintendence supervision tactics
WEAK
carrying-on intendance red tape
Antonyms
STRONGEST
mismanagement
STRONG
disorganization disregard ignorance neglect

Example Sentences

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At St. Anne School in Santa Monica, I watched Cummins harness the squirmy energy of second-graders wielding xylophone mallets.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

In any case, a person with the psychology of a malignant adolescent is unlikely to think very far past the conviction that wielding awesome powers of destruction is cool.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

While always reluctant to make sweeping changes, Borthwick has not ruled out wielding the axe.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Chris Hemsworth, taking a break from wielding Thor’s hammer, stars as a meticulous Los Angeles jewel thief with no past and no fixed identity; his real name, or one of them, is apparently James Davis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Now it was wielding a large bright sword, an ancient weapon of terrible beauty.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.