PURLED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

purled

verb

past tense of purl

as in eddied

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for purled

Verb

Over the weekend, rumors swirled that Anthropic was on the cusp of announcing that one of its AI models had cracked one of the Millennium Prize Problems.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Bethany Donaphin Head of WNBA league operations As rumors swirled about Engelbert’s enture, insiders around the league have been mentioning Donaphin as a potential replacement.

— Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of swirled

Verb

Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026

Definition of gurgled

Verb

Inspired by the surrounding landscape and Sicily’s distinctive aesthetic, the generously sized 72 meter squared Grand suite comes alive in a palette of ocean blue, deep green, juicy orange, washed terra-cotta, and sophisticated eggshell red.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
The father and son washed the ice cream off their hands in the fountain.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of washed

Verb

And several other power players in college football have lapped the Tigers in just a few short years.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Even in the early 1990s, one of Ferrari’s most unsuccessful periods of form in F1, when its cars lapped two seconds slower than the then-mighty McLaren or Williams teams, the home grand prix would still carry an extra weight.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of lapped

Verb

By the 1950s, this thinking had trickled down to the masses, and with help from women’s magazines, wearing white after Labor Day was considered inappropriate.

— Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2026
But that does not appear to have trickled down to the average worker.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of trickled

Verb

Gauld dribbled through traffic, following a poor pass by a Galaxy defender, and sent in a shot from the penalty spot in the 57th for a 2-0 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Gauld dribbled through traffic, after a poor pass by a Galaxy defender, and sent in a shot from the penalty spot in the 57th for a 2-0 lead.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of dribbled

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

purl

purled

purlieu

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Purled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purled. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of purled

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

shofar

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

Popular in Wordplay

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Words from the 'Odyssey'

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Popular

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Games & Quizzes