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Synonym of Sweep

Sweep Synonyme from Moby Thesaurus

Moby Thesaurus
sweep
Synonyms and related words:
Derby, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, S-curve, aberrancy, aberration, advance, airscape, ambit, arc, arch, ball the jack, barrel, be effortless, be painless, bend, bend back, bending, bias, bingo, boom, bow, bowing, bowl, bowl along, branching off, breeze, breeze along, broom, brush, brush by, brush off, bunt, butt, carry, cascade, cataract, chase, chimney sweep, circle, circuitousness, cityscape, class lottery, clean, cleanser, clear, clear sight, clearance, clip, cloudscape, coast, coasting, color vision, compass, cone vision, conflexure, corner, course, cover, crook, crossing sweeper, curl, curvature, curve, cut along, dash, day vision, daylight vision, declination, decurve, deflect, deflection, deluge, demolish, departure, depredate, despoil, destroy, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness, diapason, digression, discernment, discursion, divagation, divarication, divergence, diversion, do, dogleg, dome, double, draft lottery, drawing, drift, drifting, drive, embow, encompass, engulf, environ, errantry, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, extend, extension, extent, eye, eye-mindedness, eyesight, farsight, farsightedness, field of view, field of vision, flat race, flection, fleece, fleet, flex, flexure, flit, flood, flounce, flow, flowing, flue cleaner, fly, fly low, foot, forage, foray, forward, freeboot, gamut, geanticline, geosyncline, give no trouble, glance, glide, gliding, glissade, go, go easily, go fast, go like clockwork, go out, go over, grab bag, graze, gut, hairpin, hairpin turn, handicap, handicap race, harness race, highball, hold, home on, hook, horizon, horse race, hump, hunch, hurdle race, ice-skate, identify, impel, incurvate, incurve, indirection, inflect, inflection, interest lottery, inundate, keen sight, ken, keno, kiss, landscape, lie, lookout, loop, loot, lottery, lotto, make knots, map, maraud, march, meander, measure, move, night vision, nip, number lottery, numbers pool, oar, obliquity, orbit, outlook, outstrip the wind, overbrim, overflow, overpass, overrun, overwhelm, oxbow, paddle, panorama, parade, pass, pass over, pass through, patrol, pedal, perambulate, perception, peregrinate, pererrate, pererration, peripheral field, peripheral vision, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity, photopia, pick up, pillage, pinpoint, plate race, plunder, ply, pole, pour it on, pour out, pour over, power of sight, present no difficulties, prey on, propel, prospect, purge, purse race, purview, push, quarter-horse race, quick sight, radius, raffle, raid, rambling, range, range over, ransack, ravage, raven, ravish, reach, reach out, receive, reconnoiter, recurve, reflect, reflection, reflex, register, reive, remove, retroflex, rifle, rip, riverscape, rod vision, roll, roller-skate, round, row, run, run over, run smoothly, sack, sag, sail, sailing, scale, scan, scape, scavenger, scene, scenery, scenic view, scope, scorch, scotopia, scour, scour the country, scout, scrape, scull, seascape, seeing, sense of sight, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, shove, shunt, sideslip, sight, sightedness, sizzle, skate, skateboard, skating, skew, ski, skid, skiing, skim, skyscape, slant, sled, sledding, sleigh, slide, sliding, slip, slipping, slither, slithering, slop, slosh, span, spectrum, speed, spill, spill out, spill over, spoil, spoliate, spot, spread, stake, stake race, steeplechase, steering oar, storm along, straddle, straying, street sweeper, stretch, stretch out, stroke, submerge, surround, swag, swamp, sweep along, sweep away, sweep out, sweep up, sweeper, sweeping, sweepstake, sweepstakes, swerve, swerving, swing, swinging, swoop, tack, take in, tear, tear along, thrust, thrust out, thunder along, tidy up, toboggan, tobogganing, tombola, tontine, touch lightly, touch upon, townscape, track, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, treadle, trigger, troll, trotting race, trundle, tune in, turn, turning, twilight vision, twist, unobstructed vision, vacuum, vacuum-clean, variation, vault, veer, view, vision, vista, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense, voyage, wandering, warp, waterscape, whelm, whisk, whitewing, whiz, wind, wing, wipe out, work well, yaw, zigzag, zing, zip, zoom
  

  



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WordNet 2.0
sweep

Noun
1. a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains"
(synonym) expanse
(hypernym) scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
2. someone who cleans soot from chimneys
(synonym) chimneysweeper, chimneysweep
(hypernym) cleaner
3. winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
(synonym) slam
(hypernym) victory, triumph
(hyponym) grand slam
(part-holonym) bridge
4. a long oar used in an open boat
(synonym) sweep oar
(hypernym) oar
5. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
(synonym) end run
(hypernym) run, running, running play, running game
(classification) American football, American football game
6. a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm"
(hypernym) motion, movement, move, motility
(derivation) swing, swing out

Verb
1. sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
(synonym) brush
(hypernym) move
(verb-group) sail
2. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"
(synonym) sail
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) swan
(see-also) breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail
(verb-group) brush
3. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
(synonym) broom
(hypernym) wipe, pass over
(derivation) sweeper
4. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
(synonym) embroil, tangle, sweep up, drag, drag in
(hypernym) involve
5. to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
(synonym) cross, traverse, span
(hypernym) cover, extend
(derivation) expanse
6. clean by sweeping; "Please sweep the floor"
(hypernym) clean, make clean
(verb-group) broom
(derivation) chimneysweeper, chimneysweep
7. win an overwhelming victory in or on; "Her new show dog swept all championships"
(hypernym) win
8. cover the entire range of
(hypernym) cover, extend
(hyponym) rake
(derivation) expanse
9. make a big sweeping gesture or movement
(synonym) swing, swing out
(hypernym) wield, handle

 



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