Synonyms for Curl
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1. curlnoun

   Antonyms:
   extension

2. curlnoun

   To cause to move in a curve.

   Synonyms:
   ringlet

3. curlverb

   To make into a curl or spiral.

   Synonyms:
   flourish, roll up, arch, coil, loop, curve, spiral, curlicue

   Antonyms:
   uncoil, straighten, unroll

4. curlverb

   To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.

   Synonyms:
   coil, roll up

   Antonyms:
   unroll, straighten, uncoil

5. curlverb

   To move in curves.

   Synonyms:
   curve, spiral

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scrollnoun

   a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

   Synonyms:
   curl, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, cast, helix, coil, paradiddle, rolling wave, drum roll, peal, ringlet butterfly, axial rotation, roll, volute, spiral, ringlet, roster, bowl, squiggle, lock, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun

2. Curl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.noun

   American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)

   Synonyms:
   roll, gyre, coil, lock, ringlet, curlicue, whorl, scroll

3. lock, curl, ringlet, whorlverb

   a strand or cluster of hair

   Synonyms:
   roll, gyre, ringlet butterfly, volute, coil, lock, ignition lock, ringlet, helix, curlicue, spiral, curl, lock chamber, whorl, scroll

4. curl, curve, kinkverb

   form a curl, curve, or kink

   "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

   Synonyms:
   wave, arc, curl up, sheer, slew, loop, twist, slue, curl, frizz, arch, crimp, cut, swerve, wind, crape, trend, kink up, coil, curve, kink, crook, frizzle, veer, draw in

5. curl up, curl, draw inverb

   shape one's body into a curl

   "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"

   Synonyms:
   wave, curl up, curl, retract, loop, coil, draw, move in, pull in, suck in, pull, curve, kink, get in, attract, close in, draw in

6. coil, loop, curlverb

   wind around something in coils or loops

   Synonyms:
   kink, hand-build, handbuild, coil, intertwine, loop, curl up, draw in, wave, spiral, gyrate, curl, curve

7. curl, waveverb

   twist or roll into coils or ringlets

   "curl my hair, please"

   Synonyms:
   kink, undulate, brandish, coil, curl, roll, curl up, draw in, wave, beckon, flap, loop, curve, flourish

8. curlverb

   play the Scottish game of curling

   Synonyms:
   draw in, curl up, kink, wave, loop, coil, curve

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   • Twist
   • Wind

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. calamistration

   the formal term of curling hair.

   i believed, calamistration is better than rebond.

   Submitted by namishanaia143 on October 5, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. curlnoun

   Synonyms:
   ringlet

2. curlnoun

   Synonyms:
   sinuosity, undulation, flexure, wave

3. curlverb

   Synonyms:
   crisp, turn in ringlets

4. curlverb

   Synonyms:
   writhe, wind, twist

5. curlverb

   Synonyms:
   raise in waves

6. curlverb

   Synonyms:
   be bent into curls or waves

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. curlnoun

   Synonyms:
   ringlet, kink, toupet

2. curlverb

   Synonyms:
   crisp, crimp, crape, writhe, wreathe, twist, wind

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "curl":

   loop, snuggle, corel, buckle, cuddle

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How to use Curl in a sentence?

1. Jeff Melvoin:

   Rain usually makes me feel mellow. Curl up in the corner time, slow down, smell the furniture. Today it just makes me feel wet.

2. Ted Cruz:

   As I noted, Heidi and I, we have two little girls. I'm very glad we don't have 17, and it's a great example when the war on women came up, Republicans would curl up in a ball, they'd say, 'Don't hurt me.' Jiminy Cricket!

3. Christopher Robin Miller:

   That's a hint of a whisper of a curl.

4. Virginia Tech:

   We don't have freshmen on our roster so I don't have to come off of a curl screen, I don't have to teach them to how to get over a ballscreen, they know how to do that, so we can more advanced in what we're doing. We're going to be more complex probably on both ends of the court.

5. Good Foodie founder Yumna Jawad:

   That said, you could get away with just cutting in half instead of in quarters but they will curl less that way.