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Keel

🔄 Synonyms of "Keel"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
lurchnoun	A sudden or unsteady movement.
staggerverb	An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
careenverb	(intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
swagnoun	(ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
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 "Keel"

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Word	Definition
careennoun	(nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.
swagnoun	(window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
lurchnoun	A sudden or unsteady movement.
reelnoun	A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
staggernoun	An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
helmnoun	(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
handrailnoun	A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a staircase, ramp or other walkway, and serving as a support or guard.
barnoun	A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
pinnoun	A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
marblenoun	(uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
throatnoun	The front part of the neck.
languagenoun	(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
kielnoun	The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
kilnoun	A community and municipality in Värmland, Sweden.
kjell	a Scandinavian usually male given name.
collapsenoun	(intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
faintverb	(intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
swoonnoun	(literally) To faint, to lose consciousness.
toppleverb	(transitive) To push or throw over.
capsizeverb	(intransitive, nautical) To overturn.