Synonyms for flexuous
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
winding from side to side; sinuous
Related words
- Other spellings
- flexuose
Example sentences
- winding I'm getting tired of driving on this winding road.
- bending The bamboo is bending with the weight of the snow.
- crooked The plants were growing crooked towards the window.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| flexuous | falling | |
| winding | steady | |
| bending | steady | |
| crooked | rising | |
| serpentine | falling | |
| tortuous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- winding2, bending2, crooked2, sinuous2, sinuate
- 8 letters
- tortuous3
- 10 letters
- serpentine3
- 11 letters
- anfractuous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (winding2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- flexueux