Synonyms for curve

Most common

trend · slew · curveball · incurvate

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To bend; to crook.

2. v. 2

   To cause to swerve from a straight course.

   to curve a ball in pitching it

3. v. 3

   To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

   the road curves to the right

4. n. 1

   A bend, such as in a road.

   You should slow down when approaching a curve.

Related words

Word family

curvaceous curveball curvesome curvilinear curvimeter curvy

Phrases

epidemic curve battleship curve battleship-shaped curve bell curve cubic curve curve of pursuit deltoid curve epi curve

Forms

Plural

curves → benders, bends, curvatures…

Past participle

curved
e.g. curved → trended, turned, swerved, deviated…

Example sentences

• trend This has been the trend for the past twenty years.
• slew He slew his children, his wife, his concubines, and his servants.
• curveball Where did you learn to throw that curveball?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

cut¹, bow¹, arc¹

4 letters

turn¹, wind¹, bend¹, arch¹, curl¹, slew¹, kink, veer¹

5 letters

trend¹, twist¹, sheer¹, crook¹

6 letters

bender², swerve¹

7 letters

deflect², deviate³, inflect

9 letters

curvature³, curveball, incurvate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bender² = 2 syllables).

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