Synonyms for spiral
ˈspaɪ rəlspi·ral

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1. spiralnoun

   a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center

   Synonyms:
   coil, helix, whorl, volute

   Antonyms:
   uncoiled, straight

2. helix, spiralnoun

   a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

   Synonyms:
   whorl, genus Helix, coil, volute, helix

   Antonyms:
   straight, uncoiled

3. spiralnoun

   a continuously accelerating change in the economy

   Synonyms:
   coil, helix, whorl, volute

   Antonyms:
   straight, uncoiled

4. spiral, volutenoun

   ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

   Synonyms:
   coil, helix, whorl, volute

   Antonyms:
   straight, uncoiled

5. coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helixnoun

   a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

   "a coil of rope"

   Synonyms:
   lock, genus Helix, gyre, volute, coil, roll, ringlet, helix, curl, scroll, whorl, curlicue

   Antonyms:
   straight, uncoiled

6. spiraladjective

   flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

   Synonyms:
   coil, helix, whorl, volute

   Antonyms:
   straight, uncoiled

7. coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinateverb

   in the shape of a coil

   Synonyms:
   coiling, volute, helical, whorled, spiraling, turbinate, verticillated, voluted, verticillate

   Antonyms:
   straight, uncoiled

8. gyrate, spiral, coilverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   hand-build, reel, handbuild, coil, curl, whirl, loop, spin, corkscrew, gyrate, spin around

   Antonyms:
   uncoiled, straight

9. spiralverb

   form a spiral

   "The path spirals up the mountain"

   Synonyms:
   coil, corkscrew, gyrate

   Antonyms:
   uncoiled, straight

10. corkscrew, spiralverb

    move in a spiral or zigzag course

    Synonyms:
    corkscrew, coil, gyrate

    Antonyms:
    straight, uncoiled

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1. • Curve
   • Economic Process
   • Ornament
   • Turn
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spiraladjective

   Synonyms:
   winding (like the thread of a screw), cochleary, cochleated, spiry, helical, screw-shaped

2. spiralnoun

   Synonyms:
   helix, worm

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spiraladjective

   Synonyms:
   winding, cochleate, helical, turbinated, helicoid

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "spiral":

   spiralling, escalation, swirl, cycle, circle, maelstrom, escalating

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1. List of known nicknames for "Spiràl":

   Spiral

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1. Bob Corker:

   They are in a downward spiral right now and have got to figure out a way to come to grips with all that's happening, you know the shame of it is there's a really good national security team in place, there's good productive things that are underway through them, and through others. But the chaos that is being created by the lack of discipline is creating an environment that I think — it creates a worrisome environment.

2. Rob Watts:

   Once aircraft get grounded, and you start to go into that spiral, that's really hard to get out of, you have a proportion of your fleet that's not generating revenue but is still costing you money, so the more aircraft you lose, your revenue falls but your cost doesn't fall in the same manner.

3. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

   As long as we don't take our own money as a benchmark, we are doomed to sink. The Turkish lira, our money, that is what we will go forward with. Not with foreign currency, we have been working for some time now to get the Turkish economy out of the spiral of high interest rates, high inflation, and to set it on the path of growth through investment, employment, production, exportation and current account surplus.

4. Douglas Holtz-Eakin:

   As a result, the kinds of people buying insurance there have very expensive medical bills -- insurers are losing money, as they try to cover those bills, jacking up the premiums, people move to other policies so it’s turning into the death spiral that everybody worried about.

5. Kenneth Anderson:

   The expectation is certainly not that it will cause a death spiral, but that they will meet it and to ensure that they are being careful about how they manage their liquidity.