Synonyms for Spiraling

Synonyms for "spiraling" (118 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Strong matches (35)

Noun(6 words)

curlcycle of escalationescalate escalatingescalation spiralhelical

cutthroat deviance deviancy deviation deviousness digression exacting excessive excursion excursus exorbitant extortionate extravagant fancy gouge gouginggrossly overpricedgyre gyring immoderate

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in the ascendantindirection inflationary inordinate leaping meandering mounting

Verb(1 words)

eddying

Adjective(1 words)

helical

Related words (59)

orbit orbitingout of boundsout of sightoutrageous overpriced preposterous prohibitive rampant rearing rising roundaboutness rounding saltatory scandent scansorial skyrocketing spiral springing turn

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turning unconscionable undue unreasonable unwarranted uparching upcoming upgoing upgrade uphill uphillward uprising upsloping upward upwith usurious wheeling

Noun(14 words)

rocket snowball snowballingspiral curvespiral motionspiral turnspiral-shaped swirling twining twinning uncontrolled whirling wind worsening

Adjective(7 words)

spiral spiralling swirly turbinate volute voluted whorled

Verb(1 words)

spiraled

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

11 entries

curve dynamicgeometric figuregeometric formincrease motion move phenomenon process shape trend

More specific

11 entries

Archimedean spiralcoilcost escalationcrime spiraldebt spiralhelical motionlogarithmic spiralprice spiralspiral curvetwistwage-price spiral

Collocations

11 entries

spiral galaxyspiral patternspiral staircasespiraling costsspiraling debtspiraling growthspiraling inflationspiraling patternspiraling trajectoryspiraling trendspiraling violence

Inflections

5 entries

more spiralingmost spiralingspiraled spiralings spirals

Derivations

10 entries

spiral spiralism spirality spiralization spiralize spiralized spiralizes spiralizing spirally spirals

similar

1 entries

coiled

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The global economy is spiraling downwards.

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Sami's life was spiraling out of control.

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You make me turn in the oblivion. I'm spiraling in the void.

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Yanni's anger was spiraling out of control.

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