Synonyms of windy

windy 1 of 2

adjective (1)

ˈwin-dē 

1

as in gusty

marked by strong wind or more wind than usual

one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gusty
• blustery
• breezy
• blowy
• squally
• drafty
• stormy
• tempestuous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calm
• still
• motionless
• breathless

2

as in rhetorical

marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases

gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetorical
• inflated
• gassy
• gaseous
• pontifical
• bombastic
• flatulent
• oratorical
• grandiloquent
• ornate
• fustian
• turgid
• pretentious
• orotund
• pompous
• grandiose
• elevated
• lofty
• stilted
• flowery
• bloated
• wordy
• florid
• verbose
• high-sounding
• tumid
• highfalutin
• high-flown
• overdone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eloquent
• plain
• unrhetorical
• simple
• bald
• direct
• stark
• matter-of-fact
• unaffected
• straightforward
• unpretentious
• unadorned
• well-spoken
• plainspoken

3

as in rambling

using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea

a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rambling
• talkative
• exaggerated
• wordy
• circuitous
• prolix
• diffuse
• redundant
• verbose
• communicative
• pleonastic
• garrulous
• long-winded
• conversational
• circumlocutory
• talky
• voluble
• chatty
• repetitious
• loquacious
• tautological
• gassy
• logorrheic
• periphrastic
• gaseous
• gabby
• tautologous
• bombastic
• grandiloquent
• embroidered
• embellished
• highfalutin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crisp
• compact
• short
• brief
• concise
• pithy
• succinct
• terse
• summary
• epigrammatic
• abrupt
• blunt
• sententious
• condensed
• abbreviated
• aphoristic
• brusque
• curt
• laconic
• abridged
• compendious
• shortened
• snippy

windy

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adjective (2)

ˈwīn-dē 

as in winding

marked by a long series of irregular curves

a windy little creek

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winding
• curved
• curving
• twisted
• twisting
• serpentine
• tortuous
• crooked
• sinuous
• curvy
• curled
• devious
• crazy
• bending
• curling
• jagged
• uneven
• coiled
• zigzag
• roundabout
• spiral
• coiling
• indirect
• circuitous
• swirling
• circling
• looping
• zigzagging
• spiraling
• rambling
• wandering
• meandering
• corkscrew
• irregular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• linear
• direct
• straightaway

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of windy

Adjective

Selling out a popular venue like The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on a windy Wednesday night in the middle of a daunting recession ain’t easy. —Essence, 7 Nov. 2025

There will be some partial clearing in parts of eastern and southern Vermont, but increasingly windy and cool conditions are expected tonight with a transition to snow around midnight for the Adirondacks. —Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025

Due to the snowy, windy weather, the hikers were rescued in various conditions, with symptoms ranging from exhaustion to hypothermia. —Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025

Use Anchors Cloches made from glass and other heavy materials may not budge in windy weather, but lightweight plastic cloches will usually need to be held down with pins. —Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025