Spin synonyms | Best 62 synonyms for spin

rotate

(Intransitive) to spin, turn, or revolve.

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twirl

To rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin:

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whirl (related)

To turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel:

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revolve

To spin or turn around a center or axis; rotate

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twist (related)

To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.

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ride

To sit on or in and control so as to move along

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turn (related)

A momentary shock or scare:

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birl

(Scot.) To spin with a whirring sound

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gyrate

To move in a spiral or spirallike course.

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pirouette

To execute a pirouette.

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roll

(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.

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swirl

To be arranged in a spiral, whorl, or twist.

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stand (antonym)

(Mil.) To stand in formation at (reveille, retreat, etc.)

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steady (antonym)

Steady means to make firm or unchanging.

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elongate

To depart to, or be at, a distance; especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

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move (related)

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

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tailspin

Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.

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gyration

One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

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revolution (related)

A turning or rotational motion about an axis.

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twist into shape

To make by spinning

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drive

To drive a blow, ball, missile, etc.

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gyre

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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narrate

To supply a running commentary for (a documentary or performance, for example).

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oscillate

To swing or move regularly back and forth

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prolong

To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.