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Whirlpool

🔄 Synonyms of "Whirlpool"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
maelstromnoun	(figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation.
purlnoun	A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
vortexnoun	A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
whirlnoun	(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
swirlnoun	(ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
gurgenoun	(obsolete) To swallow up.
eddynoun	A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Whirlpool"

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Word	Definition
maelstromnoun	(figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation.
swirlnoun	A whirling eddy.
vortexnoun	A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
whirlnoun	An act of whirling.
gurgenoun	(obsolete outside heraldry) Alternative form of gurges (“whirlpool”). [(rare) A whirlpool.]
purlnoun	A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
eddynoun	A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
washnoun	The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
flurrynoun	A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
stirnoun	The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
jacuzzinoun	A hot tub or whirlpool bath with underwater jets that massage the body.
reversenoun	The opposite of something.
backwaternoun	(idiomatic, usually figurative) A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.
turmoilnoun	A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
whirlwindnoun	A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.
vorticitynoun	(mathematics, fluid dynamics) A property of a fluid flow related to local angular rotation; defined as the curl of the flow's velocity field.
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.
bathtubsnoun	A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).
hewlett-packard	The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
tubsnoun	Initialism of Time Unit Box System. [(music, music theory) A system for notating events that happen over a period, mostly used for notating rhythms in music.]