Synonyms of wriggles

wriggles

verb

present tense third-person singular of wriggle

1

as in squirms

to make jerky or restless movements

a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squirms
• tosses
• fidgets
• twitches
• jerks
• wiggles
• writhes
• twists
• fiddles
• trembles
• shivers
• jiggles
• shakes
• thrashes
• threshes
• flutters
• flits
• quivers
• shudders
• jigs
• squiggles
• paces
• quakes
• twitters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rests
• relaxes
• unwinds
• calms (down)
• stills

2

as in crawls

to move slowly with the body close to the ground

a worm slowly wriggled across the sidewalk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crawls
• creeps
• snakes
• slides
• slithers
• worms
• crouches
• grovels
• sneaks
• tiptoes
• bellies
• squats
• inches
• edges
• steals
• noses
• skulks

3

as in worms

to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way

within a month of his arrival, this social upstart had wriggled himself into the family's good graces

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worms
• infiltrates
• sneaks
• slips
• inserts
• works in
• winds
• introduces
• wiggles
• insinuates
• edges
• creeps
• interpolates
• interposes