Synonyms for wield
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1. wield

   Synonyms:
   manage, handle, employ, sway, brandish

   Antonyms:
   mismanage, misemploy, discard, resign, depose, surrender, deposit, abdicate

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1. 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, exercise

2. wield, 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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1. • Hold
   • Manipulate

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1. wieldverb

   Synonyms:
   handle, brandish

2. wieldverb

   Synonyms:
   manage, use, control, make use of

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1. List of paraphrases for "wield":

   exercise, exert

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1. Raghuram Selvaraju:

   Ian's main concern is to get lower taxes for Pfizer through an inversion. He would rather be able to say he pulled this tax inversion off, and now I'm going to let Brent crack the whip and wield the axe.

2. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   Challenges are catalysts for greatness; wield them, don't yield to them.

3. Lew Rockwell:

   If something is wrong for you or me, it is also wrong for the cop, the soldier, the mayor, the governor, the general, the Fed chairman, the president. Theft does not become acceptable when they call it taxation, counterfeiting when they call it monetary policy, kidnapping when they call it the draft, mass murder when they call it foreign policy. We understand that it is never acceptable to wield violence nor the threat of violence against the innocent, whether by the mugger or the politician.

4. Ramogi Huma:

   If athletes immediately unionized without a willingness to withhold their labor, they would be pushed into a bad CBA, athletes will wield the most leverage toward a fair agreement by first establishing employee status, which will lead toward free market wages.

5. Maria Cardona:

   She has an opportunity to wield tremendous power and influence. That can't be overstated. I have seen firsthand how audiences respond to her, big and small, she is going to be a tremendous asset.