INTERTWISTING Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

intertwisting

verb

present participle of intertwist

as in weaving

to cause to twine about one another intertwisted the fibers to form a design

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as in knotting

to twist together into a usually confused mass the tree's intertwisted roots seemed to extend forever

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More magic can be found on the tiny streets weaving through Florence.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
The region was part of a much older textile tradition, with generations of artisans spinning, dyeing and weaving cotton into a lightweight, breathable fabric to combat the temperatures of the subcontinent.

— Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of weaving

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The designs were inspired by Lynda Benglis, an American known for transforming two-dimensional materials through knotting, pleating or molding, into three.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
His shot was saved by a diving Neuer, knotting the PKs at three apiece, giving Germany extra life and dragging the shootout on into sudden death.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

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As Smith read Colt’s writings, the teenager remained expressionless, sometimes gently rocking and twisting in his chair.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
A lot of this work is almost unreadable now, the pained efforts of young eggheads twisting themselves into rhetorical knots over the moral conundrums posed by real-world applications of Marxist principles.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026

Definition of twisting

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Movies built from intertwining stories can be hard to pull off.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 June 2026
Directed by Alice Winocour, the film follows an American filmmaker working during Paris Fashion Week who receives a life-altering breast cancer diagnosis, intertwining her story with those of a South Sudanese model and a makeup artist navigating their own pressures within the industry.

— Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 17 June 2026

Definition of intertwining

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Just like in the darnkess cave, the snarling machine gun of thoughts—unanswered emails, to-dos, and angst about my 17 year old’s plans to travel the world alone—slowly fell silent.

— Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
Meanwhile, Argentina is a snarling team full of passion-merchants.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

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