All wield synonyms
wield
W w verb wield
- exercise β training, homework
- exert β Apply or bring to bear (a force, influence, or quality).
- use β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- have β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- employ β Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- brandish β If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- manipulate β to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- possess β to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- swing β to play (music) in the style of swing.
- command β If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- conduct β When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
- flourish β to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- manage β to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- maneuver β a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manoeuvre β a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- ply β British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- shake β to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- throw β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- utilise β to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- utilize β to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- wave β a member of the Waves.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- make use of β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- carry β If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground.
- sport β an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.