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Winding

🔄 Synonyms of "Winding"

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
crooked	Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
twistnoun	A twisting force.
meanderingnoun	Winding or rambling.
tortuous	(often figurative) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
ramblingnoun	Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
windnoun	(countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
indirectnoun	Not direct:
wanderingnoun	Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
twistingnoun	Having many twists
twistynoun	Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
twistverb	A twisting force.
crooked	Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
twistynoun	Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
meanderingnoun	Winding or rambling.
tortuous	(often figurative) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
wanderingnoun	Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
ramblingnoun	Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
indirectverb	(programming, transitive) To access by means of indirection; to dereference.
twistingnoun	Having many twists
coilverb	Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
rollverb	(ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
oscillating	Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion; coming and going.
spoolverb	To wind on a spool or spools.
braidingnoun	A braided trimming used as decoration on clothes or curtains.
closingnoun	The act by which something is closed.
rollingnoun	Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
chingverb	To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
serpentinenoun	Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
sinuous	Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
circuitous	Being a long and winding route.