Synonyms for wind
wɪnd, Literary waɪnd; wɪndwind

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1. wind

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

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1. wind, air current, current of airnoun

   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. windnoun

   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. windnoun

   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, nothingnessnoun

   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, hintnoun

   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, windnoun

   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 windnoun

   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, twistverb

   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, wanderverb

   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, curveverb

    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, twineverb

    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, windverb

    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 upverb

    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, windverb

    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, windverb

    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

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1. bora boranoun

   cos it should be

   it was very cold wind.

   Submitted by John.Smith on July 26, 2021  

2. turbulance

   the turbulence made the plane tip

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

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1. windnoun

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

2. windnoun

   Synonyms:
   breath, respiration

3. windnoun

   Synonyms:
   flatulence

4. windverb

   Synonyms:
   coil, twine, twist, wreathe

5. windverb

   Synonyms:
   turn in and out

6. windverb

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

7. windverb

   Synonyms:
   meander, turn in and out

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1. windnoun

   Synonyms:
   breeze, zephyr, draught, gale, squall, hurricane, tornado, cyclone, tempest, whirlwind, flurry, simoon, sirocco, monsoon, chinook, trade wind, levanter, typhoon, harmattan, solano

   Associated words:
   anemology, anemography, anemometry, typhon, æolus, gust, æolian, bellows, cenemograph, anemophilous, fan, blast, æolic, sough, soughing, lee, leeward, windward, anemogram, anemograph

2. windnoun

   Synonyms:
   flatulence

   Associated words:
   belch, belching, eructation, crepitus, ructation, tympany, carminative, flatulent, tympanitis

3. windverb

   Synonyms:
   coil, twine, twist, wreathe, crook, meander, curve, deviate, sinuate, bend

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1. List of paraphrases for "wind":

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

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How to use wind in a sentence?

1. Mayur Karmarkar:

   The current developments in China in solar and wind are the highest in the world. Since it's policy driven, the plans made by government are generally achieved or exceeded year-on-year, the numbers are astonishing.

2. President Barack Obama:

   I've come here personally, as the leader of the world's largest economy and the second-largest emitter, to say that the United States of America not only recognizes our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it, over the last seven years, we've made ambitious investments in clean energy and ambitious reductions in our carbon emissions. We've multiplied wind power threefold, and solar power more than twentyfold, helping create parts of America where these clean power sources are finally cheaper than dirtier, conventional power. Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the conference.

3. Jane Greer:

   If you’re more alike in terms of your personalities, you’re sharing similar styles of dealing with a variety of things in life—from interacting with friends to experiencing life changes, so if you and your partner share similar values and interests, you’ll wind up with more cooperative spirits and having a greater respect for one another.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   I think we should expect... that over the next couple of weeks, we are going to see an uptick in cases. And hopefully there is enough background immunity so that we don't wind up with a lot of hospitalizations.

5. Meb Faber:

   Appeal to a human's desire for recreation and you can wind up with strong businesses.