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whirl
Synonyms and Antonyms of whirl
- The whirl of the mechanical ride made him dizzy.
- So many changes at once had them all in a whirl.
- lost an earring in the whirl of the party
ado, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, commotion, disturbance, foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoopla, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, williwaw, zoo
calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)
whirl
Synonyms and Antonyms of whirl
- The figure skater whirled his partner with effortless grace.
- The gambler held his breath as the roulette wheel whirled.
- cars whirling by on the highway
barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whisk, zip, zoom
beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
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