Synonyms for wind

Other words for “wind”, grouped by meaning.

We found 33 synonyms for “wind”. The most common are air current, current of air, malarkey, malarky, idle words.

noun air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

noun empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

noun an indication of potential opportunity

noun a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath

noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

noun the act of winding or twisting

Synonymswindingtwist

verb to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

verb extend in curves and turns

Synonymstwistcurve

verb arrange or or coil around

Oppositesunwind

verb catch the scent of; get wind of

Synonymsscentnose

verb coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

Synonymswind up

verb form into a wreath

Synonymswreathe

verb raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

Synonymshoistlift

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University