"sweep" In Word Games

1. [countable, usually singular] an act of cleaning a room, surface, etc. using a broom
2. [countable] a smooth curving movement
3. [countable, usually singular] a long, often curved, piece of road, river, coast, etc.
4. [uncountable] the range of an idea, a piece of writing, etc. that considers many different things
5. [countable] a movement over an area, for example in order to search for something or attack something
6. (also chimney sweep) [countable] a person whose job is to clean the inside of chimneysTopics Jobsc2
7. [countable] (North American English also sweeps) (informal) a sweepstake (= a type of betting in which the winner gets all the money bet by everyone else)
8. [countable] (North American English) a series of games that a team wins against another team; the fact of winning all the parts of a contest
9. the sweeps [plural] (North American English) a time when television companies examine their programmes to find out which ones are the most popular, especially in order to calculate advertising rates

"sweep" synonyms:

• brush,
• clear,
• dust,
• rake,
• wipe,
• broom,
• clean,
• expel,
• scour,
• scrub,
• whisk,
• buff,
• mop,
• remove,
• scrape,
• eliminate,
• hoover,
• tidy,
• vacuum

"sweep" antonyms:

• dirty,
• mess-up,
• clutter,
• disorder,
• dishevel,
• disorganize,
• tousle,
• louse-up,
• muss,
• disarrange,
• make-untidy,
• make-a-mess-of,
• straighten,
• unbend,
• uncurl,
• stay,
• condense,
• shorten,
• compress

• plews
• spews
• swept
• swipe
• weeps
• wipes
• spewy
• sprew