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 Other vehicles spun in the middle of the freeway as cars passed. —

Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026 The two-time Masters champion spun, glared at the spectator, grumbled under his breath and seemed to point out the person to security. —

CBS News, 18 May 2026 Alysa Liu, illuminated by a single spotlight at the center of the ice, skated and twirled and jumped and spun through the same routine that helped her capture an Olympic gold medal three months ago. —

Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 18 May 2026 Riley had achieved the effect by using an elaborate pinwheel mechanism that spun mannequin legs at lightning speed. —

Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026 The two-time Masters champion spun, glared at the spectator, grumbled under his breath and seemed to point out the person to security. —

ABC News, 17 May 2026 Tattoo Boy caught it, then spun it to Mohawk Boy. —

Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 Throughout their first five albums, the band has spun a web, not unlike the orb weavers of their native Virginia, that marries country, rock, honky-tonk grit and Appalachian soul with rowdy barroom energy. —

Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 In the 2008 election cycle, opponents of Barack Obama spun up a narrative surrounding his birth certificate. —

Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026

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The Sabres have rotated between Luukkonen and Lyon all season.

— Arpon Basu, New York Times, 15 May 2026
The program is the first Indonesian edition of Next Step Studio, a traveling initiative that began as La Factory at the Filmmaker’s Fortnight in 2013 and has since rotated annually through different countries.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 May 2026