The room started to spin after I drank too much.
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Spin
/spɪn/
Synonyms for "spin" (351 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (71)
Noun(23 words)
advanceairingangleangular momentumangular motionangular velocityascendaxial motionbackback upbait the hookbankbobbowlbowlingbudgecentrifugatecentrifugationcentrifugechange
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Verb(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
clockwise wheel turningconstructed argument
Strong matches (105)
dibbledipdizzydizzy rounddrag outdraw outdriveebbeddyexcursionextendfabricatefailfall flatfeatherfetch aboutfilamentfishfishtailflat spin
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flipflowflusterfly-fishfull circleget overgiddygiggingogo aboutgo aroundgo fishinggo roundgo sidewaysgrigguddlegurgegyrategyrationgyreheelinventjackjacklightjauntjigjoyridekeep alivekeep goingliftloopmaelstrommake upmaneuvermix upmountmovemove overmuddlenarratenetoscillateoutingpendulateperpetuatepickuppirouettepivotpivot aboutpivotingplowplunge
Noun(21 words)
distortdjearth rotationfallacious justificationfast rotatingframeframingfreewheelinggear rotationgyratinggyrationshoopinghypingmassagingmore geometric rotationpinchepinwheelingpinwheelspirouettespirouetting
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Adjective(2 words)
fastest rotatingplanetary rotation
Verb(6 words)
Adverb(1 words)
more celebrated revolutions
Determiner(2 words)
more turning pointsmost axial rotation
Related words (175)
porpoiseproduceprogressprolongprotractpull outpull uppurlpush downput aboutrat racerecountreelreelingregressrelateretailretrogressrevolutionrevolve
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revolvingrideriserollrollingrotaterotatingrotationrotational motionroundrunscrewseineseparateshiftshredshrimpsideslipsinkskidsoarspin offspin outspinningspiralstill-fishstirstreamstretch outstuntsubsidesunday drivesurgeswimswingswing roundswingingswirlswirlingswivelswivelingtailspintelltorchtourtraveltrawltrolltrollingtrundlingturbinationturnturn a pirouetteturn aboutturn aroundturn roundturn tailturningtwirltwirlingtwistundulateunfoldveerveer aroundvibratevolutationvolutionvortexwamblewaneweavewhalewheelwheel aboutwheelingwhirwhirlwhirligigwhirlingwhirlpoolwhirlwindwindyaw
Verb(22 words)
prettifiesreelrerotaterevolvedrevolvesrolledrotate actionrotatedrotatesspin aroundspin outswirledswiveledturnedtwirltwirl on stagetwirledtwist the factswhirlwhirled
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Noun(47 words)
prettyingpropagandistic wordingreading station rotationrevolutionsrotaterotate the graphrotating mechanismrotationrotation conceptrotation of wheelrotationsrotations by anglesslantspielsstagecraftsugarcoattailspintailspinstechnology adoption turning pointtootle
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turbinesturnturn wheelturning motionturning point eraturning pointsturning wheelturning wheel mechanismturnstwinetwirlstwistingtwistswebwebswheel turnwheel turn mechanismwheel turn mechanismswheel turnedwheel turningwheel turnswhirligigswhirlswhitewasheswhorlswindmillwindmilling
Adjective(2 words)
rotating machineryspindling
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
45 entriesacrobaticsaerobaticscircumvolvecommunicationcook upcreate from raw materialcreate from raw stuffdistortdraw outdriveextendfabricatego aroundgyrationinterpretationinvent
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More specific
11 entriesCollocations
10 entriesclockwise spinspin axisspin classspin cyclespin directionspin doctorspin motionspin ratespinning topspinning wheel
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 34 languages.
Aromanian
1 entries- anvãrtescu verb (to turn around quickly)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fırlanmaq verb (to turn around quickly)
Bulgarian
3 entries- фалц noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- въртя verb (to turn around quickly)
- фалцирам verb (to make ball move sideways)
Catalan
4 entries- efecte noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- girar verb (to turn around quickly)
- giravoltar verb (to turn around quickly)
- voltar verb (to turn around quickly)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏗᏆᎸᏕᏲᎭ verb (to turn around quickly)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 自轉 /自转 verb (to turn around quickly)
- 轉動 /转动 verb (to turn around quickly)
Dutch
2 entries- draaien verb (to turn around quickly)
- spinnen verb (to make ball move sideways)
Esperanto
1 entries- giri verb (to turn around quickly)
Finnish
4 entries- kierre noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- kiepahtaa (momentane) verb (to turn around quickly)
- kiepauttaa (momentane) verb (to turn around quickly)
- kieppua verb (to turn around quickly)
French
4 entries- brossage noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- effet noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- pivoter rapidement verb (to turn around quickly)
- tournoyer verb (to turn around quickly)
German
3 entries- Drall noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- rotieren verb (to turn around quickly)
- schleudern verb (to turn around quickly)
Hebrew
1 entries- הסתובב verb (to turn around quickly)
Hungarian
2 entries- forog verb (to turn around quickly)
- pörög verb (to turn around quickly)
Irish
1 entries- sníomh verb (to turn around quickly)
Italian
4 entries- effetto noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- far girare verb (to turn around quickly)
- girare verb (to turn around quickly)
- piroettare verb (to turn around quickly)
Japanese
1 entries- 回転する verb (to turn around quickly)
Khmer
1 entries- បង្វិល verb (to turn around quickly)
Korean
1 entries- 회전하다 verb (to turn around quickly)
Latin
1 entries- gȳrō verb (to turn around quickly)
Māori
1 entries- ārohirohi verb (to turn around quickly)
Norwegian
3 entries- spinn noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- spinne verb (to turn around quickly)
- spinne verb (to make ball move sideways)
Occitan
3 entries- girar verb (to turn around quickly)
- rotar verb (to turn around quickly)
- tornejar verb (to turn around quickly)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دونمك verb (to turn around quickly)
Polish
2 entries- obracać się verb (to turn around quickly)
- wirować verb (to turn around quickly)
Portuguese
2 entries- girar verb (to turn around quickly)
- rodar verb (to turn around quickly)
Romanian
1 entries- învârti verb (to turn around quickly)
Russian
3 entries- верте́ться verb (to turn around quickly)
- враща́ться verb (to turn around quickly)
- крути́ться verb (to turn around quickly)
Spanish
4 entries- ajuaishte noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- rosca noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- dar vueltas verb (to turn around quickly)
- girar verb (to turn around quickly)
Swedish
3 entries- skruv noun (rotation of a ball in motion)
- snurra verb (to turn around quickly)
- snurra runt verb (to turn around quickly)
Thai
2 entries- ปั่น verb (to turn around quickly)
- หมุน verb (to turn around quickly)
Turkish
2 entries- dolanmak verb (to turn around quickly)
- dönmek verb (to turn around quickly)
Ukrainian
3 entries- верті́тися verb (to turn around quickly)
- крути́тися verb (to turn around quickly)
- оберта́тися verb (to turn around quickly)
Vietnamese
1 entries- quay verb (to turn around quickly)
Yiddish
1 entries- שפּינען verb (to turn around quickly)
Sample sentences
51 total sentences available.
I drank too much and the ground seemed to spin under my feet.
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That popular television series is going to spin off two new shows in the fall.
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I'm so busy these days it makes my head spin. I don't even have time to watch a video.
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Showing 4 of 51 available sentences.