GYRATIONS Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word gyrations. (close relations)
gyration
Best Alternative Words for GYRATIONS
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whirling | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | ||||||||
spinning | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • creating thread | ||||||||
turning | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course • act of changing in practice or custom • a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe • a movement in a new direction • the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe • the activity of shaping something on a lathe | ||||||||
wheeling | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • propelling something on wheels • a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river | ||||||||
pivoting | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
verb • To turn on an exact spot. • To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc. noun • A motion by which something pivots. • The pivot-work in a machine. | ||||||||
revolving | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
verb • turn on or around an axis or a center • move in an orbit • cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis | ||||||||
rotating | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
verb • turn on or around an axis or a center • exchange on a regular basis • perform a job or duty on a rotating basis • cause to turn on an axis or center • turn outward • plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession | ||||||||
swirling | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • the shape of something rotating rapidly verb • turn in a twisting or spinning motion • flow in a circular current, of liquids | ||||||||
twirling | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight • the act of rotating rapidly verb • turn in a twisting or spinning motion • cause to spin | ||||||||
revolution | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving • the overthrow of a government by those who are governed • a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | ||||||||
rotation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of rotating as if on an axis • (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin • a single complete turn (axial or orbital) • a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.) |