Synonyms for curve
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1. curve, curved shape(noun)

   the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

   Synonyms:
   bender, bend, curved shape, breaking ball, curvature, curve ball

   Antonyms:
   straight line

2. curve(noun)

   a line on a graph representing data

   Synonyms:
   bender, bend, curved shape, breaking ball, curvature, curve ball

   Antonyms:
   straight line

3. curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender(noun)

   a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

   Synonyms:
   booze-up, toot, bender, carousal, carouse, curvature, bend, curve ball, curved shape, breaking ball

   Antonyms:
   straight line

4. curvature, curve(noun)

   the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

   Synonyms:
   bender, bend, curved shape, breaking ball, curvature, curve ball

   Antonyms:
   straight line

5. bend, curve(verb)

   curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

   Synonyms:
   turn, flexure, plication, breaking ball, twist, bend, bend dexter, crease, curvature, crimp, bending, fold, bender, crook, curve ball, curved shape

   Antonyms:
   straight line

6. swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut(verb)

   turn sharply; change direction abruptly

   "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

   Synonyms:
   foreshorten, veer, bring down, wind, turn off, edit out, arch, twist, hack, trim down, write out, prune, thin, kink, cut, rationalize, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, crook, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, rationalise, arc, contract, burn, dilute, switch off, sheer, make out, geld, slew, disregard, tailor, cut off, turn out, snub, slue, slide, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend, curl, slip, skid

   Antonyms:
   straight line

7. wind, twist, curve(verb)

   extend in curves and turns

   "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

   Synonyms:
   bend, wriggle, wrick, wind, deform, nose, meander, hoist, thread, arch, twist, veer, rick, kink, worm, roll, lift, flex, convolute, writhe, scent, wrench, wind up, wrap, turn, sheer, wander, sophisticate, trend, sprain, swerve, slew, twist around, twine, distort, wrestle, wreathe, arc, squirm, slue, crook, weave, pervert, curl, cut

   Antonyms:
   straight line

8. arch, curve, arc(verb)

   form an arch or curve

   "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"

   Synonyms:
   trend, twist, sheer, kink, slue, arc, wind, veer, cut, slew, curl, crook, arch, swerve

   Antonyms:
   straight line

9. crook, curve(verb)

   bend or cause to bend

   "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"

   Synonyms:
   trend, twist, sheer, kink, slue, arc, wind, veer, cut, slew, curl, crook, arch, swerve

   Antonyms:
   straight line

10. curl, curve, kink(verb)

    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, kink, crook, frizzle, veer, draw in

    Antonyms:
    straight line

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. curve

   In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.

   Synonyms:
   bend, bias, bow, crook, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, influence, mold, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. curve(v)

   Synonyms:
   incurve, bend, inflex, falcate, arcuate

   Antonyms:
   straighten, unbend, rectilineate

2. curve(n)

   Synonyms:
   incurvation, flexion, deflexion

   Antonyms:
   rigidity, inelasticity, inflexibility, rectilinearity

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. curve(n.)

   Synonyms:
   bend, flexure, CURVATURE

2. curve

   Synonyms:
   n. a. bend, crook, inflect

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. curve(v)

   Synonyms:
   bend, crook, turn, inflect, deflect, deviate, wind

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   curved, bend, curves, curvature, graph, bulge, plot, sag, line, plotted, pattern, contoured

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Australian

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Indian

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1. Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart:

   This is the action we have been waiting for, tyson's closing their plant will prove to be a positive step forward in preparing our community for the flattening the curve.

2. Dale Vince:

   I think soccer has a bad rep for rubbish food. It deserves it, I think, on the whole. So I think that other clubs can learn from that. Why can't we have great food at a soccer game? We should be able to. So it's partly eco, partly match-day experience; at least from a food perspective. We're, like, fifth tier of English soccer, so it's a bit different here from what it's like in the Premiership, for example, where they're ahead of the curve compared to a lot of clubs at our level, let's say. But I would say - on the eco front - we'll be ahead of that.

3. United Wind CEO Russell Tencer:

   The capital is coming in, we expect to see that same hockey stick( growth) curve that we've seen in the solar industry.

4. Nabil Naccoul:

   Given the contango, those who hedged the calendar year have done better. Producers are doing more calendar hedging and right now as hedging the front doesn't make any sense because of the shape of the curve, if you're confident that current prices and the shape of the curve are here to stay, then it makes sense to hedge at these levels.

5. New Jersey Bubba Watson:

   All in all, it's a good round but the back nine ... if I just make a better swing on the par-three and then a two-putt, it's not too bad, i missed the cut the last time I played here so we are ahead of the curve right now.

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