wind

1 noticeable movement of air in a particular direction there's a wind coming from underneath the front door Synonyms of ¹wind current, draft Words Related to ¹wind blast, blow, flurry, gale, gust, headwind, squall, tailwind, tempest, tornado, windstorm; breath, breeze, puff, waft, zephyr

2 a prevailing or general movement or inclination the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue Synonyms of ¹wind current, direction, drift, leaning, run, tendency, tide, windWords Related to ¹wind curve, downside, shift, swing, turn, turnabout, upside; custom, habit, propensity, tenor, way; countercurrent, countertrend; undercurrent, undertow

3 language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere the speech contained nothing of substance and was just a lot of wind Synonyms of ¹wind bombast, fustian, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, oratory, verbiage, windWords Related to ¹wind claptrap, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, humbug, jabberwocky, jazz, moonshine, nonsense; affectedness, floweriness, grandiosity, loftiness, pomposity, pretension, pretentiousness; garrulity, garrulousness, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness

something that curves or is curved there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea Synonyms of ²wind angle, arc, arch, bow, crook, curvature, curve, inflection, turn, windWords Related to ²wind kink, warp; circle, ring, ringlet, round; coil, curl, curlicue (also curlycue); buckle, convolution, flexure, fold, loop, spiral, swirl, twist, winding; incurvature, reflection; decline, inclination, incline, slope; corner, turnoff; dogleg, hairpin

1 to follow a circular or spiral course flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns Synonyms of wind coil, corkscrew, curl, entwine, spiral, twine, twist Words Related to wind arc, arch, bend, crook, curve, hook, sweep, swerve, turn, veer, wheel; swirl, whirl; circle, encircle, loop; enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace; bow, bulge; meander, weave, zigzag Near Antonyms of wind straighten

2 to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way self-interest winds itself into everything that he does—even his alleged favors for other people Synonyms of wind infiltrate, slip, sneak, insinuate, work in, worm, wriggleWords Related to wind creep, edge, wiggle; insert, interpolate, interpose, introduce