The meandering curves of the river contrast sharply against the abrupt outcroppings of rock in this area.
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Meandering
Synonyms for "meandering" (244 found)
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Closest matches (49)
indirectmeanderaberrantaberrativeaffluentaimlessnessambagesambagiousanabranchinganfractuosityanfractuousbackhandedballed upbentbillowingbillowybyzantinecirclingcircuitioncircuitous
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circuitousnesscircuitrycircularcircularitycirculationcircumambagescircumambiencecircumambiencycircumambulationcircumbendibuscircumflexioncircumforaneouscircumlocutioncircumlocutorycircummigrationcircumnavigationcircumvolutioncomplexcomplicatedconfluentconfoundedconfusedconvolutedconvolutionconvolutionalcoursingcrabbedcrinklecrinkling
Strong matches (73)
crookedcurvaceouscurvatecurvatedcurvecurvedcurvesomecurviformcurvilinealcurvilinearcurvingcurvydaedaldecurrentdefluentdepartingdesultorinessdesultorydeviancedeviancy
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deviantdeviatingdeviationdeviativedeviatorydeviousdeviousnessdiffluentdiffusedigressiondigressivedigressivenessdiscursivediscursivenessdivagatorydriftingelaborateembrangledentanglederranterraticexcursionexcursiveexcursusflexuoseflexuosityflexuousflexuousnessflittingfloatingflowingfluentfluxionalfluxivefootloosefootloose and fancy-freefouled upfugitivegaddinggeosynclinalgnominiousgulfygushinggypsy-likegypsyishgyregyringhelicalimplicatedincurvateincurvatedincurvedincurving
Related words (122)
indirectionintorsionintricateinvoluteinvolutedinvolutioninvolutionalinvolvedknottedlabyrinthianlabyrinthinelandlopingloused upmany-facetedmattedmaunderingmazymeandrousmessed upmigrational
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migratorymixed upmucked upmultifariousnomadnomadico-shapedobliqueorbitorbitalorbitingout-of-the-wayperplexedplanetarypouringprofluentracingramblingramifiedrangingrecurvaterecurvatedrecurvedrecurvingrivoserivulationrivuloseroamingrotaryroundroundaboutroundaboutnessroundingrovingruffledrunningrushingscrewed upserpentineshiftingsigmoidsinuatesinuationsinuosesinuositysinuoussinuousnessslinkinesssluggishsnakinesssnakysnarledspiralspiralingstragglingstraystrayingstreamingstrollingsubtlesurgingsurgyswervingtangledtanglytidaltorsiontorsionaltortiletortilitytortuositytortuoustortuousnesstraipsingtransienttransitorytransmigratoryturnturningtwistedtwistingtwistyundirectedundulantundulationvagabondvagrantveeringvorticalwanderingwavewavingwavywheelingwhorledwindingwreathlikewreathyzigzag
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1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- извит adj (winding, rambling)
- кривуличещ adj (winding, rambling)
Finnish
4 entries- meanderoiva adj (winding, rambling)
- mutkitteleva adj (winding, rambling)
- polveileva adj (winding, rambling)
- kiemurtelu noun (instance or period of roaming)
French
1 entries- méandreux adj (winding, rambling)
German
4 entries- abschweifend adj (winding, rambling)
- mäanderartig adj (winding, rambling)
- mäandernd adj (winding, rambling)
- mäandrisch adj (winding, rambling)
Greek
1 entries- μαιανδρικός adj (winding, rambling)
Hawaiian
1 entries- piʻopiʻo adj (winding, rambling)
Hungarian
1 entries- kanyargós adj (winding, rambling)
Māori
1 entries- pikopiko adj (winding, rambling)
Polish
1 entries- meandrowanie adj (winding, rambling)
Samoan
1 entries- piʻopiʻo adj (winding, rambling)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- lùbach adj (winding, rambling)
Thai
1 entries- คดเคี้ยว adj (winding, rambling)
Yoruba
1 entries- kọ́lọkọ̀lọ adj (winding, rambling)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Ziri was meandering the park when he saw something terrifying.
Source: tatoeba (11245197)
To the northward a silvery stream could be seen meandering, bordered by willows, aspens, osiers, and other trees of considerable height, breaking the line of the horizon.
Source: tatoeba (11906291)
But 50 years ago, when life was much slower (at least as we nostalgically remember it) families actually sat down for hours and played meandering board games like Monopoly and Parcheesi.
Source: tatoeba (12117466)
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