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

Matched Categories

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  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "pendulum":

   clock, impactor

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How to use pendulum in a sentence?

1. Shannon Watts:

   I think this dynamic that we're seeing is the political pendulum swinging, there are some extremist Republican legislatures that are polarized, and they have been more successful and determined really to ignore the will of their constituents.

2. 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.

3. Art Hogan:

   The selloff last week was an over reaction and the attempted rally was too fast and furious, i think the compression of time and speed of Wunderlich Equity Capital Markets causes the pendulum to swing too far on every move we make.

4. Effie Vasilopoulos:

   It is very difficult for the regulators to police such a vast landscape so now they're trying to shake this number out, this is a sensible thing to do, but the risk is that in trying to recalibrate, the pendulum is swinging too far in the opposite direction.

5. Philipp Hildebrand:

   Alongside much (higher) levels of capital, a much longer list of requirements have been produced and I worry that they've switched the pendulum too far...and are unlikely to address the designated problems.