/ Thesaurus / C Synonyms of coiling Find synonyms for: Verb1. gyrate, spiral, coil, turnusage: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"2. handbuild, hand-build, coil, shape, form, work, mold, mould, forgeusage: make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"3. coil, loop, curl, wind, wrap, roll, twineusage: wind around something in coils or loopsAdjective1. coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate, coiled (vs. uncoiled)usage: in the shape of a coilWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: alacrity Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language