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" (275 found)
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Closest matches (55)
aberrantaberrativeaffluentaimlessnessambagesambagiousanfractuosityanfractuousbackhandedballed upbentbillowingbillowybyzantinecirclingcircuitioncircuitouscircuitousnesscircuitrycircular
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circularitycirculationcircumambagescircumambiencecircumambiencycircumambulationcircumbendibuscircumflexioncircumforaneouscircumlocutioncircumlocutorycircummigrationcircumnavigationcircumvolutioncomplexcomplicatedconfluentconfoundedconfusedconvolutedconvolutionconvolutionalcoursingcrabbedcrinklecrinklingcrookedcurvaceouscurvatecurvatedcurve
Adjective(2 words)
aimlesschaotic talk
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (83)
curvedcurvesomecurviformcurvilinealcurvilinearcurvingcurvydaedaldecurrentdefluentdepartingdesultorinessdesultorydeviancedeviancydeviantdeviatingdeviationdeviativedeviatory
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deviousdeviousnessdiffluentdiffusedigressiondigressivedigressivenessdiscursivediscursivenessdivagatorydriftingelaborateembrangledentanglederranterraticexcursionexcursiveexcursusflexuoseflexuosityflexuousflexuousnessflittingfloatingflowingfluentfluxionalfluxivefootloosefootloose and fancy-freefouled upfugitivegaddinggeosynclinalgnominiousgulfygushinggypsy-likegypsyishgyregyringhelicalimplicatedincurvateincurvatedincurvedincurvingindirectindirectionintorsionintricateinvoluteinvolutedinvolution
Related words (137)
involutionalinvolvedknottedlabyrinthianlabyrinthinelandlopingloused upmany-facetedmattedmaunderingmazymeandermeandrousmessed upmigrationalmigratorymixed upmucked upmultifariousnomad
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nomadico-shapedobliqueorbitorbitalorbitingout-of-the-wayperplexedplanetarypouringprofluentracingramblingramifiedrangingrecurvaterecurvatedrecurvedrecurvingrivoserivulationrivuloseroamingrotaryroundroundaboutroundaboutnessroundingrovingruffledrunningrushingscrewed upserpentineshiftingsigmoidsinuatesinuationsinuosesinuositysinuoussinuousnessslinkinesssluggishsnakinesssnakysnarledspiralspiralingstragglingstraystrayingstreamingstrollingsubtlesurgingsurgyswervingtangledtanglytidaltorsiontorsionaltortiletortilitytortuositytortuoustortuousnesstraipsingtransienttransitorytransmigratoryturnturningtwistedtwistingtwistyundirectedundulantundulationvagabondvagrantveeringvorticalwanderingwavewavingwavywheelingwhorledwindingwreathlikewreathyzigzag
Verb(3 words)
Noun(14 words)
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15 entriesCollocations
9 entriesmeandering coastlinemeandering coursemeandering discussionmeandering narrativemeandering pathmeandering prosemeandering rivermeandering routemeandering trajectory
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Ziri was meandering the park when he saw something terrifying.
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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.
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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.
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