sinuous

  • 21sinuous — Synonyms and related words: ambagious, anfractuous, bent, billowing, billowy, circuitous, circumlocutory, convoluted, convolutional, curvaceous, curvate, curvated, curve, curved, curvesome, curviform, curvilineal, curvilinear, curving, curvy,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22sinuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. winding, curvy; devious, convoluted. See circuity, deviation, deception. Ant., straight[forward]. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Twisted] Syn. crooked, circuitous, curved; see indirect , twisted 1 . 2.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 23sinuous — see SINE …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24sinuous — sin·u·ous || sɪnjÊŠÉ™s adj. curving, twisting …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25sinuous — [ sɪnjʊəs] adjective 1》 having many curves and turns. 2》 lithe and supple. Derivatives sinuosity noun (plural sinuosities). sinuously adverb sinuousness noun Origin …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26sinuous — a. Winding, crooked, curved, curvilinear, curvilineal, sinuate, sinuated, serpentine, flexuous, bending in and out …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 27sinuous — adj 1. winding, sinuate, flexuous, flexu ose, anfractuous, serpentine, tortuous, crooked, zigzag; curving, curved, curvy, curvilinear, twisting, twisted, turning, bending, bent; spiral, helical, spiral ing, twining, convoluted, volute, coiled,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 28sinuous — sin·u·ous …

    English syllables

  • 29sinuous — /ˈsɪnjuəs / (say sinyoohuhs) adjective 1. having many curves, bends, or turns; winding. 2. indirect; devious. {Latin sinuōsus} –sinuousness, noun –sinuously, adverb …

  • 30sinuous — see SINE …

    Word origins

Pages