SPUN Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

spun

verb

past tense of spin

as in rotated

to move in circles around an axis or center spinning on its axis, the Earth makes one complete rotation every 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds

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as in swam

to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around my head spun as I contemplated all the possible problems this restructuring could cause

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as in twirled

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis spun the child around until he was hopelessly dizzy

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Recent Examples of spun Cheers erupted from the crowd as participants spun and laughed, fully embracing the spirit of the decade. —

News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026 The rotors on the SkyFall helicopters will also be larger than those on Ingenuity, which spun its blades at 2,700 rpm, already 10 times faster than passenger helicopters on Earth. —

ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026 There’s this wonderful sense of a yarn being spun, of a story maestro saying, here, follow me. —

Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026 Junior left fielder Mia Lindquist cut it off and threw to Shirokawa, who spun and fired home to Gianna Miceli. —

Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026 What was, however, were actual clusters of wire spun into kiss curls. —

Essence, 5 May 2026 Lionsgate has spun it into a franchise, including a Vegas escape room experience. —

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026 Weisberger’s book may have been an opportunistic takedown, but the director David Frankel and the screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna spun it into one of the finer Hollywood entertainments of its era, with the pleasing sophistication and bitchery of a classic studio comedy from the forties or fifties. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026 Tourists approached, one by one, then spun around confused and disappointed. —

Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026

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Verb

Thyme is a perennial plant and can be transplanted to different areas of the garden as vegetable crops are rotated form one season to the next.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
The Caramel Churro Sundae is the latest addition to Costco's lineup of sundaes, which have previously rotated to include fun flavors like the Double Chocolate Mint Sundae and Caramel Brownie Sundae.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 8 May 2026