Synonyms for pendulum
ˈpɛn dʒə ləm, ˈpɛn dyə-, -də-pen·du·lum

Princeton's WordNet

1. pendulumnoun

   an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity

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1. • Apparatus

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. timekeeper

   an instrument that measures the passage of time

   a watch or a stopwatch

   Submitted by JP03 on October 26, 2014  

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1. List of paraphrases for "pendulum":

   clock, impactor

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1. Joseph Giacalone:

   Eventually, it’s all going to backfire, it’s going to take its course, like everything else. The pendulum will swing back the other way, and they’ll stop electing people who are pretending to be a district attorney in name only.

2. Clifford V. Villalon:

   The balance of life is like a pendulum of rights and opportunities.

3. Longfellow:

   The every-day cares and duties which men call drudgery are the weights and counterpoises of the clock of Time, giving its pendulum a true vibration, and its hands a regular motion; and when they cease to hang upon the wheels, the pendulum no longer sways, the hands no longer move, the clock stands still.

4. Peter Astleford:

   The pendulum towards more onerous rules in the U.S. has stopped swinging. There is, at best, only very limited evidence of this in Europe.

5. Michael Schatman:

   The pendulum swung too far, about 20 million people in the U.S. have chronic, high-impact pain and are disabled by it.