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Gyrate

🔄 Synonyms of "Gyrate"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
coilnoun	Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
whirlnoun	(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
spiralnoun	(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
spinnoun	(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
spin aroundverb	revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
reelnoun	A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gyrate"

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Word	Definition
whirlnoun	(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
coilnoun	Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
reelnoun	A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
spinnoun	(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
spiralnoun	(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
spin aroundverb	revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
sluenoun	(intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
gyrenoun	(oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
revolveverb	(Physical movement.) (intransitive) To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body).
circumgyrateverb	(intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
spin roundverb	(ambitransitive) to rotate; to revolve
rotateverb	(intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
go roundverb	(transitive) To travel around (something) physically.
twirlnoun	Any rotating movement; a spin.
vertiginateverb	To turn around and around; to whirl.
turbinatenoun	(anatomy) A turbinal or turbinate bone.
rollnoun	The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
wheel aboutverb	(intransitive) To change direction quickly, turn, pivot, whirl about.
twist and turnverb	(intransitive) To move one way then the other, or in unpredictable erratic gyrations.
turn aboutverb	(transitive) To change or reverse the position of.