Synonyms of wends

wends

verb

present tense third-person singular of wend

as in travels

literary to move from one place to another

We wended through the narrow streets.

Related Words

• travels
• marches
• proceeds
• goes
• speeds
• passes
• progresses
• runs
• comes
• journeys
• drives
• forges
• paces
• repairs
• accelerates
• goes along
• comes along
• goes off
• advances
• fares
• does
• gets along
• gets on
• nears
• pushes
• approaches
• propels
• impels
• fast-forwards
• actuates
• takes out

Dissimilar Words

• blocks
• stems
• impedes
• halts
• hinders
• obstructs
• checks
• slows (down or up)
• arrests
• represses
• suppresses
• interrupts
• retards
• delays
• stalls
• balks
• detains
• inhibits
• ceases
• pauses
• waits
• holds back
• hampers
• nips
• remains
• stands
• stops
• stays
• stunts
• regresses
• cramps
• lets up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wends

Separately, the risks of both companies floating in limbo for the better part of a year as an antitrust suit by 12 state attorneys general wends its way to a March 2027 trial date has started to sink in. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

In the first onscreen interaction between them, Rue, now working as a drug mule for a dealer named Laurie (Martha Kelly), wends her way through a labyrinthine house party before meeting Alamo, sitting in a hot tub, flanked by four strippers, and wearing a Speedo and a cowboy hat. — Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026

Late Thursday night the Taliban’s military launched attacks on Pakistani positions along some sections of their porous and disputed border that wends 1,600 miles through rugged mountains and desert. — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026

Çatak’s anti-state message acquires an ambiguous power as the movie wends onward, with an enigmatic final shot that finds Aziz tasting clear-skies freedom but still from behind confines of a sort. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026

Earlier this year, Aleah rode for the first time in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, a beloved local race that wends into the mountains every Memorial Day weekend. — Kate Siber, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2018