WHEELING Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

wheeling

verb

Definition of wheeling next

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 But the judge is allowing Musk to be questioned about his attendance at the 2017 Burning Man festival in Nevada, a free-wheeling celebration known for widespread drug use. —

ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 Morgan has found a lot of success wheeling-and-dealing in his first two drafts in the general manager seat, no doubt. —

Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026 Over the three-and-a-half days between Leyden's last sighting and Marcelin's arrest, someone was seen coming out of Marcelin's building wheeling the same bag, which a person on an e-bike discovered a few days later, according to the district attorney's office. —

Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026 Not to be outdone, the amazing Tessa Thompson turns in a fantastically free-wheeling performance as Cass' artist girlfriend, Detroit. —

Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wheeling

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In July, the European Union’s rotating Council Presidency will issue official communications in the Irish language, alongside English, in a historic first.

— Big Think, Big Think, 4 May 2026
At the Venice Biennale, Eshetu is showing The Garden of the Broken-Hearted (2026), a new work that revolves around an olive tree mounted on a rotating dais—with a video of the tree projected onto the tree itself.

— Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026