A desk stood in the centre, with a red leather swivel chair.
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Swivel
//ˈswɪvəl//
Synonyms for "swivel" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (32)
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1 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 15 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- wartel noun (piece to permit rotation)
Bulgarian
1 entries- въртя се около ос verb (to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 旋轴 noun (piece to permit rotation)
- 转节 noun (piece to permit rotation)
- 转动 verb (to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot)
Dutch
1 entries- wartel noun (piece to permit rotation)
Esperanto
2 entries- turnkruco noun (piece to permit rotation)
- pivoti verb (to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot)
Finnish
3 entries- lanteiden pyöritys noun (dance: rotating of the hips)
- leikari noun (piece to permit rotation)
- muna noun (slang: strength of mind or character)
French
2 entries- émerillon noun (piece to permit rotation)
- pivoter verb (to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot)
German
4 entries- Wirbel noun (piece to permit rotation)
- drehen verb (to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot)
- rotieren verb (to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot)
- schwenken verb (to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot)
Irish
1 entries- udalán noun (piece to permit rotation)
Japanese
1 entries- スイベル noun (piece to permit rotation)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Woawel noun (piece to permit rotation)
Portuguese
1 entries- elo giratório noun (piece to permit rotation)
Russian
1 entries- вертлю́г noun (piece to permit rotation)
Slovak
2 entries- obrtlík noun (piece to permit rotation)
- otočný čap noun (piece to permit rotation)
Spanish
4 entries- eslabón giratorio noun (piece to permit rotation)
- pivote noun (piece to permit rotation)
- girar verb (to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot)
- pivotar verb (to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Tom bought a new swivel chair to go with his new computer desk.
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Tom leaned back in his swivel chair.
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Maria went to the table and sat down on a comfortable swivel chair.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.