WINDS Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun (1)

plural of wind

as in currents

noticeable movement of air in a particular direction there's a wind coming from underneath the front door

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Relevance

as in tides

a prevailing or general movement or inclination the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue

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winds

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noun (2)

plural of wind

as in curvatures

something that curves or is curved there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea

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winds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wind

as in coils

to follow a circular or spiral course flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns

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straightens

as in worms

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

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Recent Examples of winds

Noun

Don’t throttle the goose who lays the golden eggs, don’t blast from the skies the albatross who guarantees fair winds. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 The team thinks that in galaxies with less powerful jets, black hole winds also contribute to shock generation. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Persistent onshore winds will also increase the coastal flooding threat beginning Tuesday, with moderate tidal flooding possible Wednesday. — Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 With nowhere to go put up as these southerly winds are forced into the ridge of the Sierra, the rising pockets of moisture will fall as rain along the mountaintops. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026 At the time of the crash, the fire area had seen increasing cloud cover and south to southwest winds in the 3- to 4-mph range, according to the National Weather Service. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 65 mph on Monday morning. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 Cloud to ground lightning and gusty winds will create dangerous boating conditions. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2026 There could be a potential of damaging winds and large hail from severe storms later Saturday. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Verb

Northwest Sundowner winds 15 - 30 mph with gusts 35 - 45 mph. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026 The park is one of the highlights along the Newport Scenic Byway, also known as Ocean Drive, which winds along the coast and offers up dreamy fall vista after vista. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 There’s the Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway, which winds through 16 miles of aspen-evergreen woodlands. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026 An elegant living room winds its way to a formal dining room with a wet bar, while a family room opens to an alfresco dining terrace via floor-to-ceiling glass doors. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026 At least 933 workers are missing at various hydropower projects that run along the Trishuli river, which winds through multiple districts in the remote and mountainous area, according to the country’s disaster agency. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026 There’s even an ice skating trail that winds through a frozen bog at Muskoka Lakes Farm & Winery, if that’s more your speed. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026 Park officials told Fox News Digital that the incident happened the afternoon of July 11, at Rimrocks along Going-to-the-Sun Road, a popular 50-mile scenic highway that winds through the mountainous park. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Panoramic lookouts and majestic oaks alternate as the trail winds its way upward. — Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for winds

Noun

Runoff is expected to flow into creeks and streams, causing river levels to rise and currents to speed up.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
From there, its autonomous navigation system determined how to reach them by continuously assessing conditions, including wind direction and speed, currents, and available battery power.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of currents

Noun

One of those tides came in while Steinbach was at the far end of the island shooting a sunset.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Even though the tides are slowly turning, many video games have formulaic plots that reinforce old-school gender and heteronormative roles, often featuring a hero saving a damsel in distress from a menacing villain.

— Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of tides

Verb

MomTok got Taylor on the plane and off to star in The Bachelorette, but not before Dakota worms his way in one last time.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
Guiteau eventually worms his way into an audience, ostensibly seeking an ambassadorship for his dubious contributions to the campaign but, in reality, requesting a path to greatness.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025

Definition of worms

Noun

Southern California’s dry summers typically exist because of its land-to-sea breezes in the morning and sea-to-land breezes in the afternoon, according to meteorologist Kristan Lund of the weather service’s Oxnard office.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Solving key questions about those equations could help explain and predict breezes and turbulence.

— Greta Reich, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of breezes

Noun

Hope produces hype But these tendencies leave us open to exploitation by companies that want our money.

— Jonathan Fahey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Safety positioning matters, but so do protection rules and pre-snap signals and down-and-distance tendencies.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of tendencies

Noun

In bending experiments, the chip showed no performance degradation after thousands of bends around small cylinders.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Whether air-dried or finished with a curling iron, adding bends and creases to an above-shoulder style gives it an airy finish.

— Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 3 Sep. 2026