Synonyms of windy

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adjective (1)

ˈwin-dē 

1

as in gusty

marked by strong wind or more wind than usual

one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gusty
• blustery
• breezy
• blowy
• squally
• drafty
• stormy
• tempestuous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calm
• still
• motionless
• breathless

2

as in rhetorical

marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases

gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetorical
• inflated
• gassy
• gaseous
• pontifical
• bombastic
• flatulent
• oratorical
• grandiloquent
• ornate
• fustian
• turgid
• pretentious
• orotund
• pompous
• grandiose
• elevated
• lofty
• stilted
• flowery
• bloated
• wordy
• florid
• verbose
• high-sounding
• tumid
• highfalutin
• high-flown
• overdone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eloquent
• plain
• unrhetorical
• simple
• bald
• direct
• stark
• matter-of-fact
• unaffected
• straightforward
• unpretentious
• unadorned
• well-spoken
• plainspoken

3

as in rambling

using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea

a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rambling
• talkative
• exaggerated
• wordy
• circuitous
• prolix
• diffuse
• redundant
• verbose
• communicative
• pleonastic
• garrulous
• long-winded
• conversational
• circumlocutory
• talky
• voluble
• chatty
• repetitious
• loquacious
• tautological
• gassy
• logorrheic
• periphrastic
• gaseous
• gabby
• tautologous
• bombastic
• grandiloquent
• embroidered
• embellished
• highfalutin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crisp
• compact
• short
• brief
• concise
• pithy
• succinct
• terse
• summary
• epigrammatic
• abrupt
• blunt
• sententious
• condensed
• abbreviated
• aphoristic
• brusque
• curt
• laconic
• abridged
• compendious
• shortened
• snippy

windy

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adjective (2)

ˈwīn-dē 

as in winding

marked by a long series of irregular curves

a windy little creek

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winding
• curved
• curving
• twisted
• twisting
• serpentine
• tortuous
• crooked
• sinuous
• curvy
• curled
• devious
• crazy
• bending
• curling
• jagged
• uneven
• coiled
• zigzag
• roundabout
• spiral
• coiling
• indirect
• circuitous
• swirling
• circling
• looping
• zigzagging
• spiraling
• rambling
• wandering
• meandering
• corkscrew
• irregular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• linear
• direct
• straightaway

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of windy

Adjective

Maryland will see snow showers on Friday before dangerously cold and windy weather sets in on Saturday. —Steven Sosna, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026

An obsession with the windy heath and wild heather moorlands of Yorkshire, where it was filmed. —Andrea Bussell, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026

This low to moderate impact winter storm will usher in another cold blast along with very windy conditions leading to brutal wind chills across the region. —Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026

After a windy Wednesday, the highs are expected to reach the 70s by the weekend. —Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026