Synonyms of gyrate

gyrate

verb

as in to rotate

to move in circles around an axis or center

the gyroscope got its name for the way the disk inside the instrument gyrates around an axis

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rotate
• revolve
• spin
• twirl
• turn
• roll
• whirl
• curl
• curve
• pirouette
• circle
• wheel
• swirl
• pinwheel
• spiral
• twist
• coil
• round
• wind
• circulate
• orbit
• encircle
• pivot
• ring
• swivel
• twine

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gyrate

At the Canva Creative Cabana Pride on the Croisette party on the beach, the night started with a parade of European drag queens onstage gyrating to pop songs from Katy Perry and Rihanna. — Marc Malkin, Variety, 25 June 2026

In his weirdest picture—the late, baroque, campy Allegory of Faith—a bug-eyed female figure is shown clutching her chest, one foot balanced perilously on a globe, while a snake gushing blood from its jaws gyrates in the foreground. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg Not since the darkest days of 1997 have South Korean markets gyrated like a seismometer detecting a big one. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

As Duncan sadly notes, Gabe has stationed armed guards where models in bikinis used to gyrate. — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2026