Synonyms of twisting

twisting 1 of 3

adjective

as in winding

marked by a long series of irregular curves

a twisting mountain road that requires extra careful driving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winding
• twisted
• curving
• curved
• serpentine
• bending
• crooked
• tortuous
• sinuous
• curled
• curling
• devious
• curvy
• windy
• jagged
• coiling
• crazy
• spiral
• coiled
• spiraling
• swirling
• circling
• zigzag
• looping
• indirect
• uneven
• roundabout
• zigzagging
• circuitous
• wandering
• corkscrew
• rambling
• meandering
• irregular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• linear
• direct
• straightaway

twisting

2 of 3

noun

ˈtwi-stiŋ 

as in twist

a forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging something

it took some twisting, but I finally got the top off the jar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• twist
• tug
• wrenching
• wrench
• wringing
• pull
• wresting
• yank
• extraction
• displacement
• dislocation
• draft
• draw

twisting

3 of 3

verb

present participle of twist

1

as in distorting

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

my enemies will twist my words, but you'll only hear the truth out of me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distorting
• misrepresenting
• slanting
• perverting
• complicating
• obscuring
• bending
• falsifying
• misstating
• warping
• misinterpreting
• garbling
• cooking
• fudging
• coloring
• confusing
• censoring
• misrelating
• mistaking
• masking
• disguising
• camouflaging
• dissembling
• misdescribing
• whitewashing
• mistranslating
• lying
• veiling
• mystifying
• misspeaking
• belying
• glossing (over)
• prevaricating
• mixing (up)
• equivocating
• confounding
• bowdlerizing
• fibbing
• paltering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explaining
• interpreting
• illustrating
• clarifying
• illuminating
• clearing (up)
• spelling out
• deciphering

2

as in coiling

to follow a circular or spiral course

the path gently twisted down the hill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winding
• coiling
• curling
• curving
• swirling
• circling
• spiraling
• twining
• entwining
• weaving
• sweeping
• turning
• corkscrewing
• bending
• arching
• looping
• whirling
• arcing
• veering
• swerving
• encircling
• intertwining
• bowing
• crooking
• hooking
• wheeling
• zigzagging
• meandering
• bulging
• interlacing
• lacing
• enlacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightening

3

as in rotating

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis

twisted my wrist around to stretch it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rotating
• turning
• twirling
• swinging
• spinning
• swirling
• rolling
• whirling
• swiveling
• revolving
• pivoting
• wheeling
• winding
• screwing
• cranking
• unscrewing
• coiling
• reeling
• twiddling
• circulating

4

as in pulling

to move by or as if by a forceful rotation

kept twisting the cap until it came free

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulling
• tugging
• yanking
• plucking
• wrenching
• jerking
• wringing
• removing
• prying
• wresting
• extracting
• lugging
• tweaking
• dredging (up)
• drawing
• dislocating
• shifting
• levering
• displacing
• transposing
• disturbing
• jimmying
• transferring
• budging

5

as in tossing

to make jerky or restless movements

the dental patient twisted nervously in the chair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tossing
• twitching
• fidgeting
• squirming
• jerking
• fiddling
• wiggling
• writhing
• trembling
• shaking
• shivering
• jigging
• jiggling
• wriggling
• quivering
• threshing
• fluttering
• squiggling
• shuddering
• thrashing
• flitting
• quaking
• pacing
• twittering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resting
• unwinding
• relaxing
• calming (down)
• stilling

6

as in weaving

to cause to twine about one another

has the habit of idly twisting the strands of her hair while daydreaming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weaving
• braiding
• intertwining
• mixing
• plying
• entwining
• writhing
• implicating
• blending
• interweaving
• interlacing
• wreathing
• intertwisting
• enlacing
• plaiting
• lacing
• inweaving
• linking
• platting
• fusing
• pleaching
• joining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unwinding
• uncoiling
• untangling
• disentangling
• untwining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of twisting

Verb

On bars – her weakest event – Jade Carey fought through a late pirouette to nearly nail her full-twisting double layout dismount. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Like Dante, Nick Tosches was an undaunted character whose tongue-twisting prose was an iconoclastic mash-up of realism and intricate, erudite lyricism. — A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026

The government is twisting a 60-year-old deal to take control of my land. — Cody Peterson, Washington Post, 29 July 2026

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, 21 July 2026

In whatever looping scenario might be chosen, the next step involves twisting a cap on the locking mechanism to take up the slack in the cable. — Ben Coxworth july 18, New Atlas, 18 July 2026

The beluga came from below and passed in one swooping motion, twisting to display its chest to onlookers. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

When the Bosnian defender planted his right leg below Balogun’s right foot, the American inadvertently stomped on his right ankle, twisting it awkwardly. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026