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 Sparano:

   The vast majority of women were getting chemo after surgery to prevent breast cancer recurrence and now the pendulum is swinging back to less chemotherapy use, mainly because we know which are the patients who are most likely to benefit from chemotherapy.

2. Rana Foroohar:

   Economic pendulums shift throughout history, every time the pendulum shifts too far, which it clearly has, it starts to shift back a bit.

3. Terry DuFrene:

   It's all about the pendulum swing, it works both ways, you can see that $107 in the summertime was ridiculous and now you will see it in the opposite direction, probably towards the $50 range maybe by the end of the year and it's all sentiment based.

4. 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.

5. Rem Koolhaas:

   There have been periods( in China) where ordinances existed, there were mayors who insisted( to put) Chinese roofs on modern buildings but it's like a pendulum.