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synonyms for seesaw

  • fluctuate
  • teeter
  • vacillate
  • waver
  • alternate
  • rock
  • sway
  • teeter-totter
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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to seesaw, such as: fluctuate, teeter, vacillate, waver, alternate, and rock.

antonyms for seesaw

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  • remain
  • stay
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How to use seesaw in a sentence

Express forecastForecast in detailWe’re in for a bit of a weather seesaw over the next few days.
D.C.-AREA FORECAST: TRENDING MILDER BEFORE ANOTHER BURST OF COLD MIDWEEKBRIAN JACKSONDECEMBER 27, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Washington tourist attractions have engaged in a seesaw battle with the coronavirus this year.
THE SMITHSONIAN AND NATIONAL OF GALLERY OF ART HAVE CLOSED. HERE’S WHAT’S STILL OPEN.FRITZ HAHNNOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON POST
As schools seesaw between open and closed, some teachers are left without direction, feeling undervalued and underutilized.
TEACHERS ARE LEAVING SCHOOLS. WILL THEY COME TO STARTUPS NEXT?NATASHA MASCARENHASOCTOBER 30, 2020TECHCRUNCH
That seesaw season still gave the Brewers 91 wins in total, but their bad 60-game stretch — with a winning percentage 34 points below what they had in their other games — ultimately cost them a playoff spot.
BAD TEAMS MAY BE POSING AS GOOD TEAMS IN A 60-GAME BASEBALL SEASONNEIL PAINE (NEIL.PAINE@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)AUGUST 7, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
When your heartbeat is going, then it’s just loading up the seesaw to one side.
HOW YOUR HEART INFLUENCES WHAT YOU PERCEIVE AND FEARJORDANA CEPELEWICZJULY 6, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
If it waits for the political seesaw by which both parties avoid responsibility, there will be small chance of a navy.
SPANISH LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRYL. HIGGIN AND EUGNE E. STREET
I lay silent, watching a bird seesaw on the vine which clambers over my window-ledge in friendly fashion.
MAVIS OF GREEN HILLFAITH BALDWIN
I whipped the car back, spun it in a seesaw, and took off back towards the first road block.
HIGHWAYS IN HIDINGGEORGE OLIVER SMITH
After prolonged northeast rain a bright day, and with it the setting of sail, a many-handed seesaw at the windlass, and departure.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 14, NO. 86, DECEMBER, 1864VARIOUS
There was a barrel or two, an enormous wooden ball, a collapsible fold-up seesaw and other impedimenta of a trained-animal act.
SUNDRY ACCOUNTSIRVIN S. COBB
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SEESAW

  • act reciprocally
  • alter
  • blow hot and cold
  • change
  • come and go
  • exchange
  • fill in for
  • fluctuate
  • follow
  • follow in turn
  • interchange
  • intersperse
  • oscillate
  • relieve
  • rotate
  • seesaw
  • shift
  • shilly-shally
  • substitute
  • sway
  • vacillate
  • vary
  • waver
  • yo-yo
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