Synonyms of the word spiral


SPIRALCOIL - COILED - COILING - CONSTRUCTION - CORKSCREW - CURVE - DECORATION - GYRATE - HELICAL - HELIX - ORNAMENT - ORNAMENTATION - ROTATION - SPIRALING - STRUCTURE - TURBINATE - TURN - TWIST - VOLUTE - VOLUTED - WHORL - WHORLED - WIND

spiral

  • n. (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing…
  • n. (informal) A helix.
  • n. A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it…
  • adj. Helical, like a spiral.
  • v. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
  • v. (transitive) To cause something to spiral.
  • v. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.

coil

  • n. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
  • n. Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
  • n. (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
  • n. (figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.
  • v. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
  • v. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
  • v. To wind cylindrically or spirally.
  • v. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
  • n. (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.

coiled

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of coil.
  • adj. In the form of coils; having coils.
  • adj. Prepared and poised to act, like a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike.

coiling

  • v. present participle of coil.
  • n. The pattern or motion of something that coils.

construction

  • n. The process of constructing.
  • n. Anything that has been constructed.
  • n. The trade of building structures.
  • n. A building, model or some other structure.
  • n. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
  • n. The manner in which something is built.
  • n. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
  • n. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
  • n. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
  • n. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

corkscrew

  • n. An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that…
  • n. The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
  • n. (boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
  • n. (amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
  • adj. Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
  • v. (intransitive) To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical…
  • v. (transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
  • v. To extract information or consent from someone.

curve

  • adj. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
  • n. A gentle bend, such as in a road.
  • n. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
  • n. A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution…
  • n. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
  • n. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional…
  • n. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
  • n. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
  • n. (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
  • v. (transitive) To bend; to crook.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
  • v. (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
  • v. To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
  • v. (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.

decoration

  • n. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
  • n. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
  • n. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of…
  • n. (biochemistry, immunology) The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host.

gyrate

  • v. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
  • adj. (biology) Having coils or convolutions.

helical

  • adj. In the shape of a helix.

helix

  • n. (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular…
  • n. (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
  • n. (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
  • n. An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.

ornament

  • n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
  • n. A Christmas tree decoration.
  • n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
  • v. To decorate.
  • v. To add to.

ornamentation

  • n. Decoration, adornment or embellishment.
  • n. The act or process of decorating etc.

rotation

  • n. (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
  • n. A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
  • n. A regular variation in a sequence.
  • n. (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least…
  • n. (baseball) The set of starting of a team.
  • n. (aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the…
  • n. Repeated play on a radio station, etc.

spiraling

  • v. present participle of spiral.
  • n. Alternative form of spiralling.

structure

  • n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
  • n. The underlying shape of a solid.
  • n. The overall form or organization of something.
  • n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
  • n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
  • n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
  • n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
  • n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
  • v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

turbinate

  • adj. Shaped or spinning like a top.
  • adj. In the shape of a coil.
  • adj. (zoology) Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. Used especially of shells.
  • adj. (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.
  • n. (anatomy) A turbinal or turbinate bone.
  • v. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

twist

  • n. A twisting force.
  • n. Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
  • n. The form given in twisting.
  • n. The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
  • n. A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
  • n. A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
  • n. A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
  • n. A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
  • n. An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
  • n. A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See.
  • n. A rotation of the body when diving.
  • n. A sprain, especially to the ankle.
  • n. (obsolete) A twig.
  • n. (slang) A girl, a woman.
  • n. (obsolete) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
  • n. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
  • n. The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
  • n. (obsolete, slang) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
  • n. A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
  • v. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
  • v. To join together by twining one part around another.
  • v. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
  • v. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
  • v. (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
  • v. To turn a knob etc.
  • v. To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
  • v. To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
  • v. To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
  • v. (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to rotate.
  • v. (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
  • v. (transitive) To coax.
  • v. (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

volute

  • n. (architecture) The spiral curve on an Ionic capital.
  • n. (zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
  • n. (zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
  • n. (engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
  • n. (art) A spiral or scroll form.
  • n. (music) A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural…
  • adj. (engineering) Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.

voluted

  • adj. Having a volute, or spiral scroll.

whorl

  • n. A pattern of concentric circles.
  • n. (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a…
  • n. (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
  • n. (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460.
  • v. (intransitive) To form a pattern of concentric circles.

whorled

  • adj. formed from whorls; having whorls.

wind

  • n. (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or…
  • n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
  • n. (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
  • n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.).
  • n. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  • n. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
  • n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
  • n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points,…
  • n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent…
  • n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
  • n. A bird, the dotterel.
  • n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary…
  • v. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
  • v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
  • v. (Britain) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
  • v. (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
  • v. (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
  • v. (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
  • v. (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
  • v. (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
  • v. (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
  • v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
  • v. (ergative) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
  • v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate;…
  • v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
  • v. To cover or surround with something coiled about.
  • n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

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