WHEELED Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

wheeled

verb

Definition of wheeled

past tense of wheel

as in swung

to change the course or direction of (something) wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off

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as in turned

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced

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as in rotated

to move in circles around an axis or center she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down

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as in curved

to turn away from a straight line or course the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city

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straightened

as in deviated

to change one's course or direction upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them

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Recent Examples of wheeled Court went into recess as she was wheeled out of the room, sobbing loudly with her face in her hands. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 29 July 2026 In a recent trial at Siemens’ electronics plant in Erlangen, a British start-up’s wheeled humanoid robot successfully handled warehouse crates using physical AI technology. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 July 2026 Jolley, 20, was wheeled into an ambulance and was absent from rehearsals and performances for the rest of the episode. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 Another system, the Mermaid wheeled humanoid robot, focuses on industrial control operations. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 Jiuta Wainiqolo saved the ball from going out in his 22 with Duhan van der Merwe on his heels and wheeled upfield. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 He was wheeled off on a stretcher to the cheers of Eagles fans who watched as the rival, who had dominated them for well over a decade, left with a spinal cord injury. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 In early June, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was wheeled into an operating room at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026 But social-media posts showed video games being wheeled out of Madison Square Garden a day after the ceremony. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeled

Verb

And the pendulum has swung on hormone therapy; medical groups now recommend it again for many patients, after years of cautioning against it.

— Mara Gordon, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
As supply chains stabilized, however, the pendulum swung the other way, and many businesses were left with too much inventory on hand.

— JP Shaffer, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of swung

Verb

Still, that decline was exacerbated by its trading near all-time highs ahead of the earnings release, as some market participants had rotated into it to avoid the AI capex drag on other big tech companies.

— Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
With Brown and Doubs limited, the Patriots rotated several receivers alongside Drake Maye, including Kyle Williams who saw one of his earliest targets down the middle but couldn’t make the catch amid light contact from Dell Pettus.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of rotated

Verb

Pringles x Hershey’s Swoops Hershey’s Swoops were thin and curved like chips but made entirely of chocolate.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
They were inspired by the Curtain of Courage Memorial outside the San Bernardino County Government Center — 14 bronze alcoves, each curved like a protective wall and dedicated to one of the victims.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of curved

Verb

The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this.

— Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of deviated

Verb

In 2017, the object flew into our solar system, whipped around the sun like a comet, and flew back out.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
The blaze raged through pine forests and scrubland through the weekend, whipped by gale force winds that often prevented water-dropping planes from operating.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of whipped

Verb

To its left, sausages revolved on chrome rollers; to its right, a human attendant in a brightly colored uniform looked patient and quizzical.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Still, most gravitate toward the main pool, where the Delano's social scene has revolved for decades.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026