WHEELING Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

wheeling

verb

Definition of wheeling

present participle of wheel

as in swinging

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 rotating

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 revolving

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 curving

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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straightening

as in turning

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 wheeling George Kalliakmanis, the head of the Union of Police Officers of Southeast Attica, said Thursday police identified the suspect from CCTV footage, which shows a man near the site wheeling a large suitcase, which was later found by another man. — Elinda Labropoulou, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 Instead of wheeling him to bandage changes, Roy carried him upright, legs dangling. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The video shows first responders wheeling a person on a stretcher toward an ambulance, with their legs covered by an orange blanket and feet were visible. — Gabrielle Banks, USA Today, 10 July 2026 Tyler Nickel, Jack Kayil The Knicks did a ton of wheeling-and-dealing on draft night but selected Vanderbilt’s Tyler Nickel with the 47th pick. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026 And its deft balance between free-wheeling improvisations and stop-on-a-dime dynamic precision, fire and finesse, never fails to impress. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026 The Hornets likely aren’t finished wheeling and dealing. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026 But this small restaurant, with a Michelin star to boot, also knows how to be free-wheeling. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 18 June 2026 Marcelin was seen on surveillance video wheeling the same shopping bag out of his apartment building prior to the torso's discovery, and was also seen on surveillance footage purchasing a saw at Home Depot, the DA said. — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeling

Verb

Chip giant Nvidia is eyeing the possibility of turning its artificial intelligence chips into Wall Street's newest asset class.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Clear terms keep care from turning into confusion later on today.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of turning

Verb

Flavor choices abound, with a rotating selection of more than 40.

— Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
On Friday, authorities began implementing rotating 48-hour water shut-offs in parts of the capital San Juan, as well as neighborhoods in the cities of Carolina, Juncos, Gurabo, Trujillo Alto, Canovanas, and Loiza.

— Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of rotating

Verb

Starz has obtained commitments to increase its credit facilities by $100 million, comprised of a $67 million increase to its Term Loan A and a $33 million increase to its revolving credit.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Borrowers with revolving balances pay annual interest rates of more than 20%, on average, on their debt.

— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of revolving

Verb

Similar to other colubrids, this species possesses a Duvernoy’s gland—a venom gland located behind the eyes and connected by a tube to grooved, backward-curving teeth at the back of the upper jaw.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026
Mary’s body echoes the shape of the frame, curving around Jesus, her gaze following his.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of curving

Verb

Practicing deviating from our defaults, no matter how mundane, prepares us to deviate again, even in higher stakes contexts.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
The highly disguised initial view of the model undergoing final testing showed the luxury marque deviating away from its traditional upright boxy off-road SUVs into a new territory.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026

Definition of deviating

Verb

Battered cars with numbers sprayed on their sides are whipping around the dirt track of the Lebanon Valley Speedway, loose fenders flopping like overgrown bangs in the swirling dust.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Iguanas usually go viral for other reasons Iguanas are usually quick-moving and run away from their would-be captors with their long tails whipping behind them.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Definition of whipping

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

Definition of twisting

Verb

Eating disorders, as those in recovery have stressed, thrive on the pathological evidence of their symptoms, spinning negative attention—concern, disgust—into fatal affirmations.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
And her block on Sabrina Ionescu moments before halftime preceded her sprinting past multiple Liberty players, receiving a bounce pass from Flau’jae Johnson, spinning by Rebekah Gardner and easily scoring two of 15 first-half points.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026