Synonyms for warp
- verb
- noun
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
Other
turn aside, buckle, spring, rode
Noun
Definitions
- 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.
- v. 2
To throw.
- 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.
Related words
- Word family
- warped
- Phrases
- warp and woof warp beam warp drive warp speed warp and weft
Choose the right word
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.
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).
In other languages
- Français
- gondoler