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. Juliane Douglas:

   When you move, you bounce up and down, and the gait motion is an inverted pendulum. If you lift every step thousands of times, it is a whole lot of energy you are expending.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Roman Andryushin:

   We observe a situation now similar to (2009) when both benchmarks fell due to economic reasons but the pendulum swung in the favour of China first.

5. John Sadler:

   This pendulum has swung a little bit to one side more than the other.