Synonyms of wind

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noun (1)

ˈwind 

1

as in blow

noticeable movement of air in a particular direction

there's a wind coming from underneath the front door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blow
• breeze
• current
• tornado
• draft
• gale
• gust
• breath
• windstorm
• tempest
• squall
• blast
• puff
• headwind
• tailwind
• flurry
• zephyr
• waft

2

as in tide

a prevailing or general movement or inclination

the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tide
• direction
• tendency
• trend
• drift
• current
• shift
• run
• curve
• turn
• leaning
• swing
• tenor
• downside
• propensity
• habit
• upside
• way
• custom
• turnabout
• countercurrent
• undertow
• undercurrent
• countertrend

3

as in rhetoric

language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere

the speech contained nothing of substance and was just a lot of wind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetoric
• gas
• hot air
• fustian
• bombast
• oratory
• jazz
• verbiage
• grandiloquence
• nonsense
• claptrap
• hogwash
• loftiness
• drivel
• gibberish
• windiness
• grandiosity
• moonshine
• pretension
• pomposity
• humbug
• verbosity
• floweriness
• jabberwocky
• wordiness
• garrulity
• affectedness
• garrulousness
• pretentiousness
• verboseness

wind

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noun (2)

ˈwīnd 

as in curvature

something that curves or is curved

there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curvature
• curve
• bend
• turn
• angle
• bow
• arch
• arc
• crook
• slope
• fold
• inflection
• corner
• curl
• winding
• twist
• coil
• loop
• warp
• round
• swirl
• ring
• spiral
• circle
• reflection
• kink
• incline
• inclination
• flexure
• buckle
• convolution
• ringlet
• curlicue
• hairpin
• turnoff
• incurvature
• dogleg
• decline

wind

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verb

ˈwīnd 

1

as in to curl

to follow a circular or spiral course

flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curl
• coil
• curve
• swirl
• circle
• spiral
• sweep
• twist
• twine
• weave
• turn
• loop
• entwine
• arc
• whirl
• corkscrew
• arch
• wheel
• bend
• bow
• veer
• hook
• crook
• swerve
• bulge
• encircle
• meander
• zigzag
• lace
• intertwine
• interlace
• enlace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straighten

2

as in to worm

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 & Similar Words

• worm
• infiltrate
• sneak
• insert
• slip
• work in
• introduce
• creep
• edge
• wiggle
• wriggle
• insinuate
• interpolate
• interpose

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wind

Noun

After all, winds on the Black Rock Desert’s playa, or prehistoric lake bed, can reach up to seventy-five miles an hour and are loaded with enough alkali particles to burn the skin, and temperatures can range from a hundred and ten to forty. — Henry Alford, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

The natural terrain, coastal winds and exposed landscape create a distinctly links-like experience unlike anything else in Portugal. — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Verb

Gibson points to the importance of ductility—a material’s capacity to be reshaped and, in the case of Quantum Formatics, made into wires flexible enough to be wound into superconducting magnets. — Alan Patterson, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026

Instead of tossing and turning, grab a book, do some doodling or even just get up and pace slowly — the idea is to calmly wind yourself down again. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 1 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing wind

• get wind of
• straw in the wind
• three sheets in the wind
• three sheets to the wind
• wind down
• wind up