Synonyms for COIL
kɔɪlcoil

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1. coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helixnoun

   a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

   "a coil of rope"

   Synonyms:
   lock, genus Helix, gyre, volute, coil, roll, ringlet, spiral, helix, curl, scroll, whorl, curlicue

   Antonyms:
   uncoil

2. 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

   Antonyms:
   uncoil

3. coilnoun

   a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine

   Synonyms:
   gyre, volute, roll, ringlet, spiral, helix, curl, scroll, whorl, curlicue

   Antonyms:
   uncoil

4. coilnoun

   a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb

   Synonyms:
   gyre, volute, roll, ringlet, spiral, helix, curl, scroll, whorl, curlicue

   Antonyms:
   uncoil

5. coilnoun

   tubing that is wound in a spiral

   Synonyms:
   gyre, volute, roll, ringlet, spiral, helix, curl, scroll, whorl, curlicue

   Antonyms:
   uncoil

6. coilverb

   reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit

   Synonyms:
   gyre, volute, roll, ringlet, spiral, helix, curl, scroll, whorl, curlicue

   Antonyms:
   uncoil

7. gyrate, spiral, coilverb

   to wind or move in a spiral course

   "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

   Synonyms:
   hand-build, reel, handbuild, coil, curl, whirl, loop, spin, corkscrew, spiral, gyrate, spin around

   Antonyms:
   uncoil

8. handbuild, hand-build, coilverb

   make without a potter's wheel

   "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"

   Synonyms:
   coil, hand-build, handbuild, loop, spiral, curl, gyrate

   Antonyms:
   uncoil

9. 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

   Antonyms:
   uncoil

Matched Categories

1. • Contraceptive
   • Shape
   • Transformer
   • Tube
   • Turn
   • Wind

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1. coilverb

   Synonyms:
   gather into a coil

2. coilnoun

   Synonyms:
   convolution, BIGHT, circular heap

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

1. coilnoun

   Synonyms:
   convolution, intervolution, entanglement, toil, mesh, perplexity, querl

2. coilverb

   Synonyms:
   convolve, intervolve

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

1. List of paraphrases for "coil":

   reel, reels, spire, roll, coils, spool, winding, helical

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1. Salem Police Lieutenant Steve Burr:

   This was a new one for me, i had to look up Tesla coil on Wikipedia this morning.

2. Carolyn Brockington:

   Think of [the aneurysm] like a balloon coming off the wall of the artery. On the neck of the balloon they put a small clip in so blood can’t go into the aneurysm, which means the balloon will deflate, the more newer approach is an endovascular approach using an angiogram. They go into the balloon itself and fill the balloon with small coil so blood can’t go into the balloon, and therefore the aneurysm deflates.

3. William Shakespeare:

   To die, to sleep --To sleep, perchance to dream, ay there's the rub,For in that sleep of death what dreams may comeWhen we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause there's the respectThat makes calamity of so long life.

4. Edith Wharton:

   I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, and consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie.

5. Puneet Paliwal:

   The company claims that it will ramp up production to completely substitute imports within an year, thus, imposition of trade barriers (both Iran import tariffs and U.S. sanctions), alongside fresh domestic production in Iran, is likely to result in a sharp reduction in HR coil imports from the CIS nations.