Winding Synonyms and Antonyms

wīndĭng
Extend in curves and turns
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. twining
  2. twisting
  3. wreathing
  4. deviating
  5. meandering
  6. intort
  7. meander
  8. undulate
  9. weaving
  10. curving
  11. wreathe
  12. wandering
  13. whiffing
  14. wafting
  15. coiling
  16. swerving
  17. snaking
  18. rambling
  19. trading
  20. storming
  21. squalling
  22. spiralling
  23. scenting
  24. turning
  25. puffing
  26. drafting
  27. looping
  28. threading
  29. entwining
  30. crooking
  31. curling
  32. breezing
  33. blowing
  34. blasting
  35. corkscrewing
  36. bending
  37. airing
  38. zigzagging
Catch the scent of; get wind of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. nosing
  2. screwing
  3. worming
  4. working
  5. insinuating
  6. infiltrating
  7. scenting
  8. edging
Antonyms:
  1. straightening
The act of winding or twisting
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. anfractuosity
  2. angle
  3. bend
  4. contortion
  5. convolution
  6. wind
  7. crook
  8. curve
  9. detour
  10. flexuosity
  11. intorsion
  12. labyrinth
  13. meander
  14. meandering
  15. sinuation
  16. sinuosity
  17. torsion
  18. twist
Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. aerating
  2. bandaging
  3. twining
  4. lifting
  5. taping
  6. binding
  7. covering
  8. folding
  9. rolling
  10. airing
  11. shrouding
  12. wreathing
  13. entwining
  14. coiling
  15. ventilating
  16. wrapping
  17. hoisting
Antonyms:
  1. unwinding
Form into a wreath
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wreathing
Bending
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. straight
  2. unbent

Words Related to Winding

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Winding Sentence Examples

  • We are gaining speed, not winding down.

  • They continued up a winding path toward the top of the lowest of the mountains.

  • She stared at him, her insides winding into a tight ball.

  • It moved silently and quickly down the winding road through the forest.

  • Rhyn stayed in his form until they reached a narrow, winding set of stairs.

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