Synonyms for spin
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Dress up — to present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or…
dress up, sugar-coat, whitewash, gild, blandish rare
Other
drive, invent, circumgyrate rare
Noun
Other
view-point, special interest, tailspin, daze, english, swazz informal rare, auxesis rare, flackery rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- v. 2
To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).
- v. 3
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
Spin the ball on the floor.
- n. 1
Circular motion, usually rapid.
The car went into a spin.
Related words
- Word family
- spinback spinbox spinner spinney spin-off spinout spinster spider
- Phrases
- spin out spin doctor on the spin spin up spin down electron spin resonance spin a tale spin a yarn
- Is a kind of
- revolve rotate turn
Example sentences
- wheel Robert is the fifth wheel on the safety committee.
- whirl The whirl uprooted trees and tore roofs from homes, Dykema said.
- twirl Twirl around and let me see you.
- gyrate Let your hips gyrate to the music.
By length
- 4 letters
- turn1, roll1, reel1, daze1, gild1, birl
- 5 letters
- drive1, wheel1, twist1, pluck1, whirl1, twirl1, flunk1, swazz
- 6 letters
- extend2, invent2, plough1, gyrate2
- 7 letters
- english2, revolve2, prolong2, auxesis
- 8 letters
- twisting2, tailspin2, protract2, blandish, flackery
- 9 letters
- whitewash2
- 12 letters
- circumgyrate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (extend2 = 2 syllables).