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Synonyms for spiral
ˈspaɪ rəlspi·ral
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Princeton's WordNet
spiralnoun
a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
helix, spiralnoun
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
Synonyms:
whorl, genus Helix, coil, volute, helixspiralnoun
a continuously accelerating change in the economy
spiral, volutenoun
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
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, helix, curl, scroll, whorl, curlicuespiraladjective
flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinateverb
in the shape of a coil
Synonyms:
coiling, volute, helical, whorled, spiraling, turbinate, verticillated, voluted, verticillategyrate, 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, gyrate, spin aroundspiralverb
form a spiral
"The path spirals up the mountain"
corkscrew, spiralverb
move in a spiral or zigzag course
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
spiraladjective
Synonyms:
winding (like the thread of a screw), cochleary, cochleated, spiry, helical, screw-shapedspiralnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
spiraladjective
Synonyms:
winding, cochleate, helical, turbinated, helicoid
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "spiral":
spiralling, escalation, swirl, cycle, circle, maelstrom, escalating
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Spiràl":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2595 | roll | |
#2698 | cycle | |
#3201 | circle | |
#3411 | lock | |
#3536 | loop | |
#5184 | spin | |
#6842 | scroll | |
#8268 | reel | |
#10074 | coil | |
#10954 | spiral | |
#12222 | curl | |
#14039 | helix | |
#23080 | swirl | |
#24577 | escalation | |
#30939 | escalating | |
#32040 | helical | |
#34730 | whirl | |
#36148 | corkscrew | |
#46913 | maelstrom | |
#56658 | spiraling | |
#60282 | whorl | |
#81497 | spiralling | |
#93482 | coiling | |
#95919 | gyre | |
#167005 | volute | |
#174960 | whorled | |
#183810 | ringlet | |
#229458 | gyrate | |
#235777 | turbinate |
How to use spiral in a sentence?
You need to know who Brendt was and what he was going through - a downward spiral in his life.
Over the next ten years, it might be possible to see this planet spiraling in, we'll be able to use NGTS to monitor this over a decade. If we could see the orbital period start to decrease and the planet start to spiral in, that would tell us a lot about the structure of the planet that we don't know yet.
It will spiral on you.
The diplomatic rupture between Saudi Arabia and Iran could easily spiral out of control.
It's tough to say whether it will spiral further because it's so fluid. It does weigh on sentiment at times, our base case is that there won't be a trade war.
Translations for spiral
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- برغي, لولبArabic
- спиралаBulgarian
- espiralCatalan, Valencian
- spirálaCzech
- spiralDanish
- SpiraleGerman
- σπείρα, σπείρωμα, έλικαGreek
- spiraloEsperanto
- hélice, espiralSpanish
- kiribil, helizeBasque
- مارپیچPersian
- spiraali, kierukka, kierreFinnish
- spiraleFrench
- espiralGalician
- सर्पिलHindi
- spirálHungarian
- spiraloIdo
- aumentare vertiginosamenteItalian
- スパイラル, 渦巻線, 渦巻Japanese
- tōrinoMāori
- spiraalDutch
- espiralPortuguese
- спиральRussian
- گھُنڊيدارSindhi
- spirala, спиралаSerbo-Croatian
- spiralSwedish
- சுருளிTamil
- เกลียวThai
- xoắn ốcVietnamese
- 螺旋Chinese
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