Synonyms for winding
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Meandering — of speech, writing, etc., not direct or to the point; rambling, roundabout
meandering, tortuous, twisting, circuitous, serpentine, curving, twisty, crooked, sinuous, snaky, indirect, bendy, devious, voluminous, flexuous, ambagious, anfractuous, circumlocutionary
Other
Noun
1. Withy — something wound around another thing. Synonym of withe or withy (“a flexible, slender shoot or twig…
Other
meander, turning, lapping, twist, convolution, tortuosity, sinuosity, sinuation
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of speech, writing, etc.: not direct or to the point; rambling, roundabout.
- adj. 2
Causing one to be breathless or out of breath.
- n. 1
Something wound around another thing. Synonym of withe or withy (“a flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding”); also, all the withies used to make or repair a wall, or the process of using withies in this manner.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- windings → withs, withies, meanders, turnings…
Example sentences
- twisting Ziri started twisting and shaking the doorknob.
- meandering Ziri was meandering the park when he saw something terrifying.
- tortuous The five-year civil war has seen plenty of tortuous battlefield ups and downs.
- circuitous The train made a circuitous route back to the city center every day.
- bending The bamboo is bending with the weight of the snow.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| winding | steady | |
| twisting | rising | |
| meandering | rising | |
| tortuous | steady | |
| circuitous | steady | |
| bending | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- with1
- 5 letters
- twist1, bendy2, withy, snaky
- 6 letters
- twisty2
- 7 letters
- turning2, bending2, crooked2, curving2, devious3, lapping2, meander3, sinuous2
- 8 letters
- indirect3, twisting2, rambling2, tortuous3, flexuous
- 9 letters
- wandering3, sinuosity, ambagious, sinuation
- 10 letters
- serpentine3, meandering4, voluminous4, circuitous4, tortuosity
- 11 letters
- convolution4, anfractuous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bendy2 = 2 syllables).