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wind

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wind

1 noticeable movement of air in a particular direction

  • there's a wind coming from underneath the front door
Synonyms of wind

current, draft
Words Related to wind

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 wind

current, direction, drift, leaning, run, tendency, tide, trend
Words Related to wind

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 wind

bombast, fustian, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, oratory, rhetoric, verbiage
Words Related to wind

claptrap, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, humbug, jabberwocky, jazz, moonshine, nonsense

affectedness, floweriness, grandiosity, loftiness, pomposity, pretension, pretentiousness

garrulity, garrulousness, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness

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wind

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wind

something that curves or is curved

  • thereʼs one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea
Synonyms of wind

angle, arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curvature, curve, inflection, turn
Words Related to wind

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

wind

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of wind

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, insinuate, slip, sneak, work in, worm, wriggle
Words Related to wind

creep, edge, wiggle

insert, interpolate, interpose, introduce

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