Spin Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Spin
To rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin:
To spin or turn around a center or axis; rotate
To sit on or in and control so as to move along
To depart to, or be at, a distance; especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
(Scot.) To spin with a whirring sound
To drive a blow, ball, missile, etc.
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To move in a spiral or spirallike course.
To execute a pirouette.
(Ergative) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
To be arranged in a spiral, whorl, or twist.
twist into shape
To make by spinning
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Also used with out: draw out
To make or become longer.
To be or become long, large, or comprehensive:
(Intransitive) To become longer.
To play or relax in water:
A spiral oceanic surface current driven primarily by the global wind system and constrained by the continents surrounding the three ocean basins (Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian). Each ocean basin has a large gyre in the subtropical region, centered around 30° north and south latitude. Smaller gyres occur at 50° north latitude in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The direction of a gyre's rotation is determined by the prevailing winds in the region, with the large subtropical gyres rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
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To supply a running commentary for (a documentary or performance, for example).
To swing or move regularly back and forth
To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
To go round and round in a whirling motion:
To move in or form a spiral
To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong:
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revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
To form (something) out of a fluid or plastic material:
A journey made on such a path or route.
Produce is defined as to create or bring into being.
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To arrange, fashion, express, or devise (a plan, answer, etc.) in definite form
To move (physically).
Antonyms for Spin
(Mil.) To stand in formation at (reveille, retreat, etc.)
Steady means to make firm or unchanging.
The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
Lack or absence of action.
Words Related to Spin
To turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel:
A momentary shock or scare:
A turning or rotational motion about an axis.
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
Beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal:
To make or fashion by shaping:
To petition again.
Find another word for spin. In this page you can discover 62 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for spin, like: twirl, revolve, rotate, ride, whirl, twist, turn, elongate, move, birl and drive.
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