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Synonyms for wield
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Princeton's WordNet
wield, exert, maintainverb
have and exercise
"wield power and authority"
Synonyms:
asseverate, keep up, keep, conserve, observe, hold, handle, manage, assert, defend, sustain, maintain, exert, uphold, preserve, exercisewield, handle, manageverb
handle effectively
"The burglar wielded an axe"; "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well"
Synonyms:
superintend, make out, wangle, make do, cope, contend, do by, supervise, finagle, handle, palm, plow, manage, pull off, oversee, grapple, cover, negociate, maintain, address, treat, carry off, bring off, exert, get by, do, care, deal
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#47 | do | |
#249 | address | |
#309 | care | |
#656 | keep | |
#846 | cover | |
#1274 | deal | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1917 | palm | |
#2042 | exercise | |
#2217 | manage | |
#2422 | maintain | |
#2465 | handle | |
#3758 | treat | |
#6750 | preserve | |
#7591 | observe | |
#7739 | defend | |
#9099 | employ | |
#9848 | cope | |
#11256 | sustain | |
#13093 | assert | |
#17935 | oversee | |
#18697 | supervise | |
#19974 | conserve | |
#20325 | contend | |
#20466 | sway | |
#22440 | uphold | |
#24516 | plow | |
#24756 | exert | |
#38502 | grapple | |
#43679 | wield | |
#159899 | brandish | |
#166309 | superintend | |
#201767 | finagle | |
#308012 | wangle |
How to use wield in a sentence?
Part of what we have to do is we have to wield the stick, but we also have to have the carrot, the carrot might be in the way we can offer [ countries ] an alternative model of growth and development.
Their goal now is to wield influence within The EU while picking up The EU money to run their regimes with The EU.
Challenges are catalysts for greatness; wield them, don't yield to them.
Graphic design is a big fucking club with spikes in it, and I want to wield it.
The good news is that you still wield a ton of influence at this age, you can help our child acquire key skills and cope with the inevitable awkwardness, self-consciousness and insecurity that every middle schooler is going to experience.
Translations for wield
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- تمارسArabic
- ausübenGerman
- hallitaFinnish
- manierFrench
- फिरानाHindi
- menggunakanIndonesian
- maneggiareItalian
- להחזיקHebrew
- 振るうJapanese
- ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣKannada
- 휘두르다Korean
- hanterenDutch
- wieldNorwegian
- władaćPolish
- manejarPortuguese
- орудовать, властвовать, обладать, владетьRussian
- hantera, svingaSwedish
- vận dụngVietnamese
- ווילדYiddish
- 挥Chinese
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