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Synonyms for warp

Most common

file bend lead astray distort rode

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Distort — to twist or become twisted, physically or mentally. To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper…

distort, bend, corrupt, twist, pervert, contort, bias, garble, deviate, prejudice, contaminate, lead astray, vitiate, debauch, pollute, falsify, file, unmoralize, immoralize, immoralise UK, deform, subvert, wrench

2. Heave — to throw

turn, heave, skew, cast, hurl, fling, pick dated

Other

turn aside, buckle, spring, rode

Noun

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally. To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.

    Funny how the thought of huge profits can warp your judgment.

  2. v. 2

    To throw.

  3. n. 1

    The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally: The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.

    […] and Senft found that the fibril angle in both the Pinus and Populus was high in juvenile wood, indicating that both are likely to exhibit warp in drying.

Forms

Plural
warps → deflections, perversions…
Past participle
warped
e.g. warped → distorted, bent, corrupted, twisted…

Choose the right word

Warp or Bend?

To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • file I have attached a PDF file of my curriculum vitae.
  • bend Bend over backwards for him and he still complain.
  • distort Get the facts first. You can distort them later.
  • rode Tom and Mary rode their horses through the canyon.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
warpsteady
filerising
bendrising
distortsteady
roderising

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

By length

4 letters
turn1, pick1, file1, cast1, bias2, bend1, rode1, skew1, hurl1
5 letters
twist1, fling1, heave1
6 letters
spring1, buckle2, wrench1, deform2, garble2
7 letters
corrupt2, pervert2, distort2, deviate3, subvert2, pollute2, falsify3, contort2, vitiate3, debauch
9 letters
prejudice3
10 letters
deflection3, perversion3, unmoralize, immoralize, immoralise
11 letters
contaminate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bias2 = 2 syllables).

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