Synonyms for wind
wɪnd, Literary waɪnd; wɪnd

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1. wind, air current, current of air(noun)

   air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

   "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

   Synonyms:
   lead, hint, wind instrument, winding, twist, current of air, tip, breaking wind, nothingness, farting, flatus, malarky, jazz, air current, confidential information, steer, malarkey, fart, idle words

   Antonyms:
   wind off, unroll, unwind

2. wind(noun)

   a tendency or force that influences events

   "the winds of change"

   Synonyms:
   lead, hint, wind instrument, winding, twist, current of air, tip, breaking wind, nothingness, farting, flatus, malarky, jazz, air current, confidential information, steer, malarkey, fart, idle words

   Antonyms:
   wind off, unwind, unroll

3. wind(noun)

   breath

   "the collision knocked the wind out of him"

   Synonyms:
   lead, hint, wind instrument, winding, twist, current of air, tip, breaking wind, nothingness, farting, flatus, malarky, jazz, air current, confidential information, steer, malarkey, fart, idle words

   Antonyms:
   wind off, unroll, unwind

4. wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness(noun)

   empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

   "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"

   Synonyms:
   lead, hint, wind instrument, winding, twist, current of air, tip, nullity, breaking wind, nothingness, farting, flatus, nihility, malarky, jazz, air current, confidential information, void, steer, malarkey, fart, idle words

   Antonyms:
   wind off, unwind, unroll

5. tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint(noun)

   an indication of potential opportunity

   "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

   Synonyms:
   hint, touch, flatus, mite, farting, lead-in, crest, atomic number 82, nothingness, pinch, crown, suggestion, jot, confidential information, bakshis, peak, leading, breaking wind, soupcon, bullock, point, pourboire, tether, lead, wind instrument, lead story, trail, clue, baksheesh, lede, winding, steer, tinge, leash, gratuity, fart, star, malarkey, idle words, malarky, bakshish, jazz, jumper cable, jumper lead, air current, booster cable, intimation, principal, current of air, top, trace, pencil lead, breath, tip, speck, summit, backsheesh, track, spark advance, twist

   Antonyms:
   unwind, wind off, unroll

6. wind instrument, wind(noun)

   a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

   Synonyms:
   lead, hint, wind instrument, winding, twist, current of air, tip, breaking wind, nothingness, farting, flatus, steer, malarky, jazz, air current, confidential information, malarkey, fart, idle words

   Antonyms:
   wind off, unwind, unroll

7. fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind(noun)

   a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

   Synonyms:
   lead, hint, wind instrument, nothingness, twist, current of air, tip, fart, breaking wind, air current, farting, flatus, winding, malarky, confidential information, steer, malarkey, jazz, idle words

   Antonyms:
   unroll, unwind, wind off

8. wind, winding, twist(verb)

   the act of winding or twisting

   "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

   Synonyms:
   spin, hint, turn, flatus, farting, nothingness, idle words, confidential information, lead, whirl, kink, breaking wind, bend, braid, wind instrument, wrench, crook, turn of events, tress, pull, winding, plait, steer, fart, malarky, construction, malarkey, jazz, current of air, air current, device, gimmick, twisting, twirl, twist, tip, eddy

   Antonyms:
   unwind, unroll, wind off

9. weave, wind, thread, meander, wander(verb)

   to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

   "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

   Synonyms:
   rove, vagabond, meander, nose, hoist, thread, wrap, twist, range, stray, string, roll, lift, twine, scent, cast, cheat, wreathe, wander, tissue, divagate, curve, digress, swan, wind up, tramp, cheat on, interweave, draw, betray, ramble, cuckold, drift, waver, weave, roam

   Antonyms:
   unroll, wind off, unwind

10. 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, 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, curve, swerve, slew, twist around, twine, distort, wrestle, wreathe, arc, squirm, slue, crook, weave, pervert, curl, cut

    Antonyms:
    wind off, unwind, unroll

11. wind, wrap, roll, twine(verb)

    arrange or or coil around

    "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"

    Synonyms:
    vagabond, intertwine, meander, nose, hoist, thread, wrap, twist, range, interlace, stray, rove, wave, swan, roll, lift, twine, scent, wind up, flap, enfold, wander, hustle, entwine, wrap up, cast, enwrap, curve, distort, lace, pluck, revolve, roll up, envelop, roll out, wreathe, turn over, tramp, undulate, ramble, drift, weave, seethe, enclose, enlace, roam, wheel

    Antonyms:
    unroll, wind off, unwind

12. scent, nose, wind(verb)

    catch the scent of; get wind of

    "The dog nosed out the drugs"

    Synonyms:
    wrap, lift, horn in, wind up, meander, hoist, odorize, pry, twist, nuzzle, odourise, wreathe, nose, roll, wander, intrude, curve, perfume, scent, thread, weave, twine, poke

    Antonyms:
    unwind, wind off, unroll

13. wind, wind up(verb)

    coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

    "wind your watch"

    Synonyms:
    wrap, turn on, wind up, finish up, meander, finish, fetch up, arouse, twist, excite, roll, wreathe, nose, wander, curve, lift, scent, thread, sex, weave, twine, land up, hoist, end up

    Antonyms:
    wind off, unroll, unwind

14. wreathe, wind(verb)

    form into a wreath

    Synonyms:
    hoist, twist, wrap, nose, wreathe, roll, weave, wind up, twine, meander, wander, thread, scent, curve, lift

    Antonyms:
    unroll, unwind, wind off

15. hoist, lift, wind(verb)

    raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

    "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

    Synonyms:
    nose, hook, rise, nobble, meander, cabbage, vacate, hoist, thread, wrap, twist, annul, elevate, uprise, lift, go up, roll, pinch, twine, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, wander, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, weave, curve, raise, scent, sneak, get up, run up, wind up, move up, wreathe, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand

    Antonyms:
    wind off, unroll, unwind

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

1. wind

   Synonyms:
   coil, twine, wreath, turn, bend, curve, twist, wriggle

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

1. wind(n.)

   Synonyms:
   air (in motion), draught, breeze, zephyr, puff of air, breath of air

2. wind(n.)

   Synonyms:
   breath, respiration

3. wind(n.)

   Synonyms:
   flatulence

4. wind(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   coil, twine, twist, wreathe

5. wind(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   turn in and out

6. wind(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   twine, coil, twist, turn and twist, take a spiral course

7. wind(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   meander, turn in and out

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1. List of paraphrases:

   winds, windy, éolienne, breeze, vent, eolian, windward, turbine, downwind, windmill, wind-generated, wind-energy, tide

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