Related Words for twists and turns

Compiled automatically from published text to show words that appear in related contexts. Read More Results may indicate historical usage, and do not reflect the views of Merriam-Webster. Send us feedback.
WordSyllablesCategories
twist
/
Noun, Noun
windings
/x
Noun
meander
x/x
Noun
cranks
/
Noun, Verb
zigzag
/x
Noun
veering
/x
Verb
whiplash
/x
Noun
vortex
/x
Noun
twirl
/
Noun
swirl
/
Noun
whirl
/
Noun
chop
/
Noun
snaking
/x
Verb
wrinkle
/x
Noun
writhing
/x
Noun
whirlwind
/x
Noun
wiggles
/x
Noun
vacillation
xx/x
Noun
fluctuations
xx/x
Noun
curves
/
Noun
wrench
/
Noun
seesaw
/x
Noun
braids
/
Noun
vertigo
/xx
Noun
precipice
/xx
Noun
tumble
/x
Noun
crook
/
Noun
turn
/
Noun
gyre
/
Noun
convolutions
/xxx
Noun
twister
/x
Noun
tossing
/x
Verb
careening
x/x
Verb
squirm
/
Noun
upheaval
x/x
Noun
trip
/
Noun
swan dive
//
Phrase, Noun
ravel
/x
Name
spins
/
Noun
snarl
/
Noun
thrills and spills
///
Phrase, Noun
stagger
/x
Noun
shock
/
Noun
shuffle
/x
Noun
wave
/
Noun
skew
/
Noun
cant
/
Noun
circling
/xx
Verb
stretch
/
Noun
struggle
/x
Noun
flurry
/x
Noun
ride
/
Noun
screw
/
Noun
turmoil
/x
Noun
precipitation
xxx/x
Noun
flare
/
Noun
trot
/
Noun
tweak
/
Noun
undulation
/x/x
Noun
ramp
/
Noun
stir
/
Verb
swing
/
Noun
breakneck
/x
Noun
backlash
/x
Noun
wobble
/x
Noun
abruption
x/x
Noun
jarring
/x
Noun
crumpling
/xx
Noun
shell shock
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
trek
/
Noun
outbreak
/x
Noun
fluttering
/xx
Verb
jolt
/
Noun
tumult
/x
Noun
lurch
/
Noun
tangle
/x
Noun
squint
/
Noun
snap
/
Noun
waver
/x
Noun
scramble
/x
Noun
looping
/x
Noun
slant of wind
///
Phrase, Noun
puzzlement
/xx
Noun
ebb and flow
///
Phrase, Noun, Verb
squeeze
/
Noun
teetering
/xx
Verb
juggling
/xx
Noun
crinkle
/x
Noun
rush
/
Noun
ramble
/x
Noun
whim
/
Noun
commotion
x/x
Noun
stumbling
/xx
Adjective
distraction
x/x
Noun
plunging
/x
Verb
purl
/
Noun
sway
/
Noun
burst
/
Noun
burr
/
Name
reeling
/x
Verb
tornado
x/x
Noun
startling
/x
Adjective
tottering
/xx
Verb
slippage
/x
Noun
drift
/
Noun
glimpse
/
Noun
slip
/
Noun
curl
/
Noun
scuffling
/xx
Noun
kinks
/
Noun
straw in the wind
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
zoom
/
Noun
hubbub
/x
Noun
tread
/
Noun
thrusting
/x
Noun
dart
/
Noun
cyclone
x/
Noun
activates
/xx
Verb
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
addresses
//x
Noun, Verb
alters
/x
Verb
amends
x/
Noun
ascending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
attaches
x/x
Noun
attains
x/
Verb
ballots
/x
Noun
beats
/
Noun
becomes
x/
Verb
bends
/
Noun
boots
/
Noun
breaks
/
Verb, Noun
celebrates
/xx
Verb, Noun
changes
/x
Noun
closes
/x
Verb
coils
/
Noun
combinations
xx/x
Noun
complies
x/
Verb, Noun
connects
x/
Verb
contortions
x/x
Noun
contrivances
x/xx
Noun
conversions
x/x
Noun
converts
/x
Verb, Noun
corners
/x
Noun
crosses
/x
Noun
depends
x/
Verb
detours
x/
Verb
disables
x/x
Verb, Noun
drafts
/
Noun
drawings
/x
Noun
draws
/
Noun
drives
/
Noun
enables
x/x
Verb
ends
/
Noun
evolves
x/
Verb, Noun
flick
/
Noun, Verb
flips
/
Verb, Noun
focuses
/xx
Verb
gets
/
Verb
goes
/
Noun
hinges
/x
Noun, Verb
hits
/
Verb
hops
/
Verb
illuminates
x/xx
Verb
inverts
x/
Verb, Noun
invests
x/
Verb
ironies
/xx
Noun
jumps
/
Noun
juxtapositions
xxx/x
Noun
laps
/
Noun
lathes
/
Noun
leans
/
Noun
leaps
/
Noun, Verb
lights
/
Noun
looks
/
Noun
makes
/
Verb
meets
/
Verb
moves
/
Noun
nuances
/xx
Noun
opens
/x
Verb
operates
/xx
Verb
overturns
/xx
Verb, Noun
passes
/x
Verb, Noun
phrases
/x
Noun
picks
/
Verb, Noun
pivots
/x
Noun, Verb
pretends
x/
Verb
proves
/
Verb
pushes
/x
Verb, Noun
puts
/
Verb
quirks
/
Noun
reaches
/x
Noun
refuses
x/x
Verb
rejects
x/
Verb
relies
x/
Verb
remittances
x/xx
Noun
renders
/x
Verb
resorts
x/
Noun
returns
x/
Noun
reversals
x/x
Noun
reverses
x/x
Verb, Noun
reverts
x/
Verb
revolutions
xx/x
Verb
revolves
x/
Verb
roles
/
Noun
rotates
/x
Verb
rotations
x/x
Noun, Verb
rounds
/
Noun
rows
/
Noun
runs
/
Noun
seems
/
Verb
setbacks
/x
Noun
shifts
/
Noun, Verb
shows
/
Verb, Noun
smart
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
solutions
x/x
Verb
spires
/
Noun
starts
/
Verb, Noun
stops
/
Noun
switches
/x
Noun
tendrils
/x
Noun
terminals
/xx
Noun
touches
/x
Verb, Noun
tours
/
Noun
towers
/x
Noun
transfers
x/
Noun
transforms
x/
Verb, Noun
translates
x/
Verb, Noun
traverses
x/x
Verb, Noun
tricks
/
Noun
turnings
/x
Noun
turnover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
wanders
/x
Verb, Noun
warps
/
Noun, Verb
ways
/
Noun