Synonyms for pinwheel

Most common

roll · roll-up · swirl · windmill

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral.

Related words

Phrases

pinwheel flower

Forms

Plural

pinwheels → swirls, roll-ups, rolls, windmills…

Example sentences

• roll Craps is a piece of cake if you only roll elevens.
• swirl Adriano felt the wind swirl around him.
• windmill When there's more wind, the windmill spins faster.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

roll¹

5 letters

swirl¹

8 letters

windmill²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (windmill² = 2 syllables).