Synonyms for seesaw
ˈsiˌsɔsee·saw

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1. seesawnoun

   Synonyms:
   teeter-totter

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1. seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle boardverb

   a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end

   Synonyms:
   teeter-totter, teeter, teetertotter, dandle board, tilting board, teeterboard

2. teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesawverb

   ride on a plank

   Synonyms:
   teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeter, totter

3. seesawverb

   move up and down as if on a seesaw

   Synonyms:
   teeter-totter, teeter, teetertotter, totter

4. teeter, seesaw, totterverb

   move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

   Synonyms:
   teetertotter, dodder, toddle, teeter, totter, paddle, waddle, teeter-totter, coggle

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1. seesawnoun

   Synonyms:
   reciprocating motion

2. seesawnoun

   Synonyms:
   tetter-totter, titter-totter

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1. List of paraphrases for "seesaw":

   swing

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1. Sanita Belgrave:

   Life is your seesaw. You may not stay balanced long, but you can aim for a high after every low.

2. Gerry Bell:

   It’s a seesaw effect; often when the Atlantic is more active the Pacific will be suppressed.

3. Jeff Tjornehoj:

   If you are 100 percent long or 100 percent short, you are likely to end up nowhere, but with a clever manager and the right strategy, you can edge some gains from this seesaw market.

4. Taylor Simone Ledward:

   ' If you see the world unbalanced, be a crusader that pushes heavily on the seesaw of the mind.' That's a quote from Chadwick Boseman, thank you, Screen Actors. Thank you, Chad.

5. Greg Bassuk:

   We’re in a seesaw market, until there is more consistency in the trajectory of economic recovery, the double rotation trades we’re seeing right now will continue.