CURVED Synonyms
There are 15 hypernyms of the word curved. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CURVED
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curvy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having curves • (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | ||||||||
sinuous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • curved or curving in and out • gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | ||||||||
wavy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of hair) having waves • uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves | ||||||||
arched | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches adjective satellite • forming or resembling an arch | ||||||||
bent | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way • grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens • an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges • a special way of doing something adjective satellite • fixed in your purpose • used of the back and knees; stooped • of metal e.g. | ||||||||
corkscrew | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a bottle opener that pulls corks verb • move in a spiral or zigzag course | ||||||||
crooked | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned • not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive adjective satellite • irregular in shape or outline • having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect | ||||||||
curving | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
adjective • having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend | ||||||||
meandering | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of a path e.g. | ||||||||
serpentine | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • resembling a serpent in form | ||||||||
spiraling | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • in the shape of a coil | ||||||||
twisted | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | ||||||||
winding | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of winding or twisting adjective satellite • marked by repeated turns and bends • of a path e.g. | ||||||||
snaking | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous • a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition • a long faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer • a deceitful or treacherous person • something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake • a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes verb • move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake • form a snake-like pattern • move along a winding path | ||||||||
arc | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field • a continuous portion of a circle • something curved in shape verb • form an arch or curve | ||||||||
arch | nounn | |||||||
noun • a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening • a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet) • a passageway under a curved masonry construction • (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it adjective satellite • (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension • naughtily or annoyingly playful verb • form an arch or curve | ||||||||
bend | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range • a circular segment of a curve • movement that causes the formation of a curve • curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) • an angular or rounded shape made by folding • diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left verb • form a curve • change direction • cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form • bend one's back forward from the waist on down • turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest • bend a joint | ||||||||
crook | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime • a circular segment of a curve • a long staff with one end being hook shaped verb • bend or cause to bend | ||||||||
curl | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) • a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) • lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl verb • form a curl, curve, or kink • shape one's body into a curl • wind around something in coils or loops • twist or roll into coils or ringlets • play the Scottish game of curling | ||||||||
curvature | nounn | |||||||
noun • (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal • the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve • the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | ||||||||