Synonyms of the word

curving

• v. present participle of curve.
• n. A shape or motion that curves.
• adj. That curves or curve.

arced

• v. simple past tense and past participle of arc.

arched

• adj. Curved.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of arch.

arching

• v. present participle of arch.
• n. The arched part of a structure.
• adj. (nautical) hogging, opposed to sagging.

arciform

• adj. Having the form of a bow (weapon).

arcuate

• adj. curved into the shape of a bow.

bowed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of bow.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of bow.
• adj. Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments), e.g. a bowed instrument is played with a bow.

curved

• adj. Having a curve or curves.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of curve.

curvilineal

• adj. (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.

curvilinear

• adj. (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
• adj. (geometry, art) Formed by curved lines.

curvy

• adj. Having curves.
• adj. buxom or curvaceous.

eellike

• adj. Resembling an eel in shape or behaviour.

falcate

• adj. (zoology and botany) Shaped like a sickle.

falciform

• adj. Sickle-shaped.

flexuous

• adj. winding from side to side; sinuous.

hooklike

• adj. Resembling a hook.

incurvate

• adj. bending inwards.
• adj. Curved; bent; crooked.
• v. (transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to.
• v. (intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.

incurved

• adj. Turned inwards.

recurvate

• v. To bend or curve back; to recurve.
• adj. (botany) recurved.

recurved

• v. simple past tense and past participle of recurve.
• adj. curved or bent, either in two different directions, or back on itself.

semicircular

• adj. In the shape of half of a circle or a semicircle.

serpentine

• adj. Sinuous; curving in alternate directions.
• adj. Having the shape or form of a snake.
• adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
• adj. Of, or having attributes associated with, the mythological serpent, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.
• n. Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
• n. An early form of cannon.
• n. A coiled distillation tube.
• n. (mathematics) Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea.
• v. (archaic) To serpentize; to turn or bend; to meander.
• adj. (geology, botany) Of or characteristic of serpentine rocks or the plants that grow there.
• n. (mineralogy) Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of a magnesium and iron silicates that have…
• n. (geology) An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.

sinuate

• v. To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out.
• adj. sinuous.
• adj. Having wavy indentation on its border or edge.
• adj. (mycology, of gills) Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then…

sinuous

• adj. Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
• adj. Moving gracefully and in a supple manner.

sinusoidal

• adj. In the form of a wave, especially one whose amplitude varies in proportion to the sine of some variable…
• n. A sine wave (or combination of such waves).

snakelike

• adj. Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky.
• adj. Characteristic of a snake.

snaky

• adj. Resembling or relating to snakes.
• adj. Windy; winding; twisty; sinuous, wavy.
• adj. (obsolete) sly; cunning; deceitful.
• adj. (obsolete) Covered with serpents; having serpents.

upcurved

• adj. Curving upwards.

wiggly

• adj. Constantly moving, especially with small, undirected movements.
• adj. (of a line) Made up of many curves.