Synonyms for curl

Other words for “curl”, grouped by meaning.

We found 17 synonyms for “curl”. The most common are coil, whorl, roll, curlicue, ringlet.

noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

noun American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)

noun a strand or cluster of hair

verb form a curl, curve, or kink

verb shape one's body into a curl

verb wind around something in coils or loops

Synonymscoil loop

verb twist or roll into coils or ringlets

Synonymswave

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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