Synonyms for anfractuous
- adjective
Most common
winding crooked serpentine meandering tortuous sinuous ambagious
All synonyms
Adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
sinuous, twisty, winding.
Related words
- Word family
- anfractuosity
Example sentences
- winding I'm getting tired of driving on this winding road.
- crooked The plants were growing crooked towards the window.
- meandering Ziri was meandering the park when he saw something terrifying.
- tortuous The five-year civil war has seen plenty of tortuous battlefield ups and downs.
- sinuous The hikers followed a sinuous path that twisted through the forest.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| anfractuous | steady | |
| winding | steady | |
| crooked | rising | |
| serpentine | falling | |
| meandering | rising | |
| tortuous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- winding2, crooked2, sinuous2
- 8 letters
- tortuous3, flexuous
- 9 letters
- ambagious
- 10 letters
- serpentine3, meandering4, circuitous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (winding2 = 2 syllables).