Antonyms 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"

   Antonyms:
   wind off, unroll, unwind

   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

2. windnoun

   a tendency or force that influences events

   "the winds of change"

   Antonyms:
   wind off, unwind, unroll

   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

3. windnoun

   breath

   "the collision knocked the wind out of him"

   Antonyms:
   wind off, unroll, unwind

   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

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"

   Antonyms:
   wind off, unwind, unroll

   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

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"

   Antonyms:
   unwind, wind off, unroll

   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

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

   Antonyms:
   wind off, unwind, unroll

   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

7. fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking windnoun

   a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

   Antonyms:
   unroll, unwind, wind off

   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

8. wind, winding, twistverb

   the act of winding or twisting

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

   Antonyms:
   unwind, unroll, wind off

   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

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"

   Antonyms:
   unroll, wind off, unwind

   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

10. wind, twist, curveverb

    extend in curves and turns

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

    Antonyms:
    wind off, unwind, unroll

    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

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"

    Antonyms:
    unroll, wind off, unwind

    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

12. scent, nose, windverb

    catch the scent of; get wind of

    "The dog nosed out the drugs"

    Antonyms:
    unwind, wind off, unroll

    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

13. wind, wind upverb

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

    "wind your watch"

    Antonyms:
    wind off, unroll, unwind

    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

14. wreathe, windverb

    form into a wreath

    Antonyms:
    unroll, unwind, wind off

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

15. hoist, lift, windverb

    raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

    "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

    Antonyms:
    wind off, unroll, unwind

    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

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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

How to use wind in a sentence?

1. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo:

   It's disappointing that some folks are using their energy to try and gaslight, try and focus on these culture wars to say that this is caused by wind energy in a state where we know that the bulk of our energy is not wind energy.

2. Host Sean Hannity:

   Theres never a deal untilits done, we were negotiating through thewhole period. We took out anything having todo with wind and environmental issues.The president got lots and lotsof things out of the deal.

3. Jessica Kitt:

   The zoomies offer substantial flexibility with respect to their design, for example, we can use color, size, and flickering to indicate various risks such as extreme wind speeds, rainfall, or storm surge, and those can be perceived within the ensemble.

4. Amit Gupta:

   Electricity is a big problem here, it often cuts (off) several times a day, so these buildings are structured in a way that prevents overheating. The curvatures allow for an even distribution of wind for an enhanced cooling effect.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.

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