Home › Words › U › upswayupswayupsway means to sway or swing up; brandish.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, upsway ranks #3,411 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom up- + sway.verbTo sway or swing up; brandish.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.asway 68% match — Swaying. vs upsway →upswarm 68% match — To rise in a swarm. vs upsway →swayful 66% match — Able to sway; swaying. vs upsway →swaip 64% match — To walk proudly; to sweep along. vs upsway →upwreath 63% match — To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke does. vs upsway →aswing 63% match — In a state of swinging. vs upsway →upsurging 63% match — That which surges upward. vs upsway →beway 63% match — By way; because. vs upsway →