Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "twist" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

and shout bend flat shout straight straighten unravel untwist

Derived Terms

French twist Mason twist Russian twist Senegalese twist arm-twist barley twist flat twist gain twist gaining twist get it twisted get one's knickers in a twist hanky-twist intertwist mule twist nigger twist nontwist overtwist plot twist retwist rope twist round the twist self-twisting stub twist supertwist twist and turn twist around twist around one's little finger twist drill twist grip twist in the wind twist morphism twist of fate twist of the knife twist off twist someone's arm twist someone's balls twist someone's words twist splice twist the knife twist the knife in the wound twist tie twist up twist-boat twist-off twistable twister twistfree twistical twistwood twisty undertwist untwist water twist

Distinct From

straight

Context

authorship card games slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bend change form change shape coif coiffure crease crimp current curve curved shape dance deform denote development extend flexure fold form go hair style hairdo hairstyle harm hurt injure injury interpretation lead maneuver manoeuvre motion move movement pass plication pull refer rotary motion rotation run shape social dancing stream tactical maneuver tactical manoeuvre trauma trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe turn wound

Type Of (IsA)

movement rotation social dancing

Manner Of

change shape dance denote form injure turn

Related Terms

about action and shout and turn ankle around attitude barrel bend bend around bendy bent berry berry dance betwixt blackjack body body movement bottle bottle top brandy candy candy cane cane cap card card move change checker checker dance checkers chips chubby chubby checker chubby checkers chubby dance chuck chuck berry circled coax cocktail colors contort contort dance contortion contortion motion convolve curl curls curve dance dance move dance peppermint dance too dance type deal deformation deforming deforming motion distort distortion diving dna does feature feet feet hands fiction fifties fifties dance force game gin girl ground gun hands hips hips move inclination individual injure iron join knob knot lemon licorice like like rope like spin like turn lime many colors meaning motion move movement music nineteen nineteen fifties of lemon old old dance on colors on ground passage pasta pasta shape path peel peppermint peppermint dance plot plot change plot turn pontoon position pretzel pretzel feature pretzel position pretzel shape pulp pulp fiction removal road rock rock attitude rock roll roll rope rope wrench rotate rotate tightly rotating rotating movement rotation round shake shape shape deformation sharp sharp turn sharply shout sixties sixties dance sliver soda soda cap spin spinning spinning motion spiral sprain steel story strain stress tale tangle tangle together tangled tangled up tendency thread tie tighten tighten bottle tightly together toilet toilet does too top top does top removal tornado tornado does tornado movement torque torque action turn turn about turn around turn body turn cap turn dance turn rotate turn round turn sharply turned turned around turning turning around turning dance turning lemon turns twenty one twig twining twirl twirl around twirling twirling dance twisted twisting type unscrew up vanilla vanilla and wavy wind windy windy road woman word wrench wring

Synonym Network

bend braid construction device eddy flex kink spin turn wind wrench writhe

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.