| Main Entry: | meandrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | winding |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, anfractuous, circuitous, convoluted, crooked, curving, devious, flexuous, gyrating, indirect, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, roundabout, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, spiraling, tortuous, twisting, wriggly, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | serpentine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | winding; sly |
Synonyms: |
anfractuous, artful, cagey, circuitous, clever, coiling, convoluted, crafty, cunning, curved, curvy, foxy, indirect, mazy, meandering, meandrous, shrewd, sinuous, slick, slinky, snakelike, snaky, subtle, supple, twisting, twisting and turning, wily |
| Main Entry: | sinuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | winding, twisting |
Synonyms: |
anfractuous, circuitous, coiling, convoluted, crooked, curved, curvy, deviative, devious, flexuous, indirect, meandering, meandrous, serpentine, snaky, supple, tortuous, twisting and turning, undulating, vagrant |
Antonyms: |
straight, untwisted, unwinding |
| Main Entry: | snaky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | winding |
Synonyms: |
anfractuous, convoluted, entwined, flexuous, indirect, meandering, meandrous, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisting, writhing, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straight, unwinding |
| Main Entry: | tortuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very twisted |
Synonyms: |
anfractuous, bent, circuitous, convoluted, crooked, curved, flexuous, indirect, involute, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, meandrous, roundabout, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, twisting, vermiculate, winding, zigzag |
| Notes: | tortuous is 'winding, crooked, full of twists and turns' and torturous (based on 'torture') is 'painful, characterized by suffering' |
Antonyms: |
direct, straight, untwisted |
| Main Entry: | flexuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | winding |
Synonyms: |
bending, crooked, curved, curving, meandering, meandrous, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, tortuous, turning, wavering |