Synonyms of arcs

arcs 1 of 2

noun

plural of arc

as in curves

something that curves or is curved

the stars seemed to align themselves into one vast glittering arc

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curves
• curvatures
• angles
• bends
• winds
• turns
• arches
• bows
• crooks
• folds
• inflections
• slopes
• corners
• curls
• twists
• circles
• windings
• coils
• spirals
• loops
• rings
• warps
• swirls
• rounds
• reflections
• ringlets
• curlicues
• convolutions
• kinks
• flexures
• buckles
• inclines
• inclinations
• hairpins
• declines
• incurvatures
• turnoffs
• doglegs

arcs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of arc

as in sweeps

to turn away from a straight line or course

the ball arced toward the batter and nearly hit him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curves
• sweeps
• rounds
• trends
• bows
• arches
• wheels
• loops
• winds
• falls off
• circles
• bends
• hooks
• spirals
• turns
• swerves
• coils
• curlicues
• curls
• crooks
• twists
• deviates
• veers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightens

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of arcs

Noun

Perhaps Olyphant stands out so much because his character is transparently one thing, whereas similarly exciting talents like Sevigny, Hall, and Carden have to sell rounder arcs laden with melodramatic traps. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 July 2026

Part of what draws readers to particular genre books, whether on Amazon or at airport kiosks, is the fealty to hyper-specific tropes and reliable plot patterns, the predictable and satisfying arcs of its heroines and heroes. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

Their career arcs have taken different paths to their first Grand Slam meeting. — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

Music, in fact, punctuates the intense dramatic story arcs in Wilde’s third directorial feature, an Edward Albee-like relationship dramedy set around a frisky dinner get-together between two couples in a San Francisco apartment building. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 1 July 2026

Gold chrome arcs give structure to this airy blend of purple and orange airbrushing. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 23 June 2026

The visual intersperses footage from a trip the pair took to Iceland with clips of their Upstate New York home, a fitting backdrop to Sprague’s spectral vocals and wandering synth arcs. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026

Sports needs villains, favorites, redemption arcs and players who generate conversations in living rooms, bars and on social media. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026

Her performance as a woman driven to her breaking point who claws back her freedom helped create one of TV’s most powerful arcs. — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026

Verb

The White House had to make room for the Claw, a four-sided mass that arcs more than 90 feet (27 meters) into the air and features lights, speakers, thick snakes of wiring and four large screens so fans not seated right next to the Octagon can follow the cage fighting below. — Dan Gelston, Fortune, 13 June 2026

Overhead looms The Claw, a four-sided mass that arcs more than 90 feet (27 meters) into the air and features lights, speakers, thick snakes of wiring and four large screens so fans not seated right next to the Octagon can follow the cage fighting below. — ABC News, 11 June 2026

This time, the path of totality begins in Siberia, crosses eastern Greenland and western Iceland, then arcs across northern Spain, before ending in the Mediterranean. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026

Levy arcs his character’s growing exasperation in a way that’s funny, if somewhat limited. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026

In doing so, the memoir arcs outward, moving from a personal reckoning with gender towards an open-ended, existential understanding for readers to grasp on their own. — Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026

Salah arcs his run to shut off the pass from centre-back Josko Gvardiol to left-back Nico O’Reilly. — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025

Richard Gabriel Moritz | Unsplash Many readers will know this coastline—which arcs its way from the French border in the west to Tuscany in the east, via the ancient port city of Genoa—for the five absurdly picturesque villages of the Cinque Terre. — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025