/ Thesaurus / C Synonyms of curving Find synonyms for: Verb1. swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut, turnusage: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"2. wind, twist, curve, beusage: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"3. arch, curve, arc, bend, flexusage: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"4. crook, curve, bend, flexusage: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"5. curl, curve, kink, change surfaceusage: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"Adjective1. curved (vs. straight), curving, arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed, curvilineal, curvilinear, eellike, falcate, falciform, sickle-shaped, curvy, curvey, flexuous, hooklike, hooked, incurvate, incurved, recurved, recurvate, semicircular, serpentine, snaky, snakelike, sinuate, sinuous, wiggly, sinusoidal, upcurvedusage: having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: effervescent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language