What is another word for bending?
1167 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈɛndɪŋ], [ bˈɛndɪŋ], [ b_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for bending:
- arced (adjective)
- bent (adjective)
- curvilinear (adjective)
- lissom (adjective)
- plastic (adjective)
- anfractuous (adjective)
- curving (adjective)
- devious (adjective)
- flexible (adjective)
- flexuous (adjective)
- limp (adjective)
- turning (adjective)
- act (noun)
- bend (noun)
- inclination (noun)
- wave (noun)
- bending (verb)
- complying (verb)
- curving (verb)
- deforming (verb)
Synonyms for Bending:
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adj.
• arced- Arcuated ,
- arcuate ,
- more arching ,
- more arcuate ,
- more arcuated ,
- most arching ,
- most arcuate ,
- most arcuated .
- de touring ,
- de-touring ,
- ex cursive ,
- ex-cursive ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more confounding ,
- more detouring ,
- more digressing ,
- more digressory ,
- more twisting ,
- most confounding ,
- most detouring ,
- most digressing ,
- most digressory ,
- most twisting ,
- re moved ,
- re-mote .
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n.
• act • bend- deflections ,
- flexures ,
- lean ,
- loop ,
- zigzags .
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v.
• bending • complying • curving • deforming Other synonyms:
Other relevant words:
- aberrance ,
- aberrancy ,
- abstract ,
- accede ,
- accession ,
- accost ,
- act ,
- addict ,
- adjust ,
- air ,
- alter ,
- alteration ,
- alternate ,
- amenable ,
- angle ,
- angle of dip ,
- angle of inclination ,
- antiphonal ,
- apparent motion ,
- apparent movement ,
- append ,
- arched ,
- archway ,
- arguing ,
- argument ,
- armorial bearing ,
- arrange ,
- aside ,
- aslant ,
- aslope ,
- aspire ,
- assemble ,
- astragal ,
- asymmetrical ,
- atilt ,
- avert ,
- avoid ,
- bait ,
- balmy ,
- band ,
- baste ,
- be adrift ,
- be given ,
- bead ,
- beadwork ,
- beckon ,
- become ,
- beef up ,
- bended ,
- bender ,
- bent grass ,
- bent on ,
- bent-grass ,
- big ,
- bighearted ,
- bit ,
- blemish ,
- block ,
- blossom ,
- blossom forth ,
- blossom out ,
- blow ,
- bm ,
- bosomy ,
- bottle screw ,
- bouncy ,
- bounteous ,
- bountiful ,
- bout ,
- bowed ,
- bowel movement ,
- bowknot ,
- braid ,
- brainsick ,
- brandish ,
- breaking ball ,
- breed ,
- broom ,
- brush ,
- buckle ,
- buckle under ,
- busty ,
- buxom ,
- byzantine ,
- cabbage ,
- calculate ,
- call on ,
- campaign ,
- cant ,
- cant over ,
- canted ,
- careen ,
- carousel ,
- carriage ,
- carrousel ,
- cast ,
- cause ,
- centering ,
- centripetal ,
- cernuous ,
- cession ,
- change by reversal ,
- change form ,
- change shape ,
- change state ,
- charge ,
- charge card ,
- charge plate ,
- chimneysweep ,
- chimneysweeper ,
- circle ,
- class ,
- claw ,
- cloak ,
- close ,
- close down ,
- close up ,
- closed circuit ,
- clothe ,
- coif ,
- coiffe ,
- coiffure ,
- coil ,
- coiling ,
- collateral ,
- color ,
- colour ,
- come down ,
- come-on ,
- commission ,
- commute ,
- comportment ,
- compromising ,
- concave shape ,
- concavity ,
- conceding ,
- concession ,
- conciliatory ,
- concordant ,
- condescend ,
- condescending ,
- conflict ,
- conformist ,
- congeal ,
- congregation ,
- consecutive ,
- construction ,
- contaminating ,
- contemplation ,
- contention ,
- contestation ,
- controversy ,
- convert ,
- convolute ,
- convoluted ,
- cop ,
- correct ,
- corrupt ,
- counsel ,
- counseling ,
- counselling ,
- countersink ,
- course of action ,
- course of instruction ,
- course of study ,
- crape ,
- crash ,
- credit card ,
- creese ,
- criminal ,
- crimper ,
- cringle ,
- crinkle ,
- crisp ,
- crochet ,
- crookedness ,
- cross ,
- crotchet ,
- crumple ,
- crumpled ,
- crusade ,
- curing ,
- curl up ,
- curler ,
- curtain ,
- curtain call ,
- curvaceous ,
- curve ball ,
- curved shape ,
- curvey ,
- cushy ,
- cut ,
- cutpurse ,
- dangling ,
- dead set ,
- debar ,
- decline ,
- deepen ,
- defer ,
- define ,
- deformation ,
- degrading ,
- delicate ,
- demented ,
- dented ,
- departure ,
- descend ,
- design ,
- determine ,
- determined ,
- deviance ,
- device ,
- diagonal ,
- dictated ,
- difference of opinion ,
- diffuse ,
- diffused ,
- dim ,
- direct ,
- directly ,
- discharge ,
- disdain ,
- disposed ,
- disposition ,
- disputation ,
- dispute ,
- distorted ,
- distortion ,
- distract ,
- disturbed ,
- divergence ,
- diversionary attack ,
- dotty ,
- double ,
- douse ,
- drag ,
- drag in ,
- drapery ,
- draw ,
- draw a bead on ,
- draw in ,
- dress ,
- drive ,
- droopy ,
- drop ,
- duck ,
- dunk ,
- easy ,
- easygoing ,
- eddy ,
- effort ,
- elastic band ,
- electric arc ,
- electric discharge ,
- eloquent ,
- embroil ,
- end run ,
- entertainment ,
- err ,
- exchange ,
- excursion ,
- excursus ,
- exercise set ,
- expanse ,
- expression ,
- extend ,
- eyelet ,
- fain ,
- faithful ,
- fall ,
- falsify ,
- feed ,
- felon ,
- fend off ,
- ferment ,
- filch ,
- filter ,
- filter out ,
- filtrate ,
- fistula ,
- fit ,
- fix ,
- fixed ,
- flabby ,
- flaccid ,
- flagging ,
- flap ,
- flat ,
- fleece ,
- flexile ,
- flip ,
- flip-flop ,
- float ,
- flock ,
- flourish ,
- flow ,
- fluctuation ,
- fluent ,
- focal point ,
- focus ,
- focusing ,
- focussing ,
- foldable ,
- foldaway ,
- fore ,
- form ,
- fortify ,
- free fall ,
- freehanded ,
- freewheel ,
- freeze off ,
- frizz ,
- frizzle ,
- front ,
- fructify ,
- full-bosomed ,
- full-strength ,
- furrow ,
- gaga ,
- gallery ,
- garble ,
- gazump ,
- gear up ,
- gentle ,
- genuflexion ,
- gesticulate ,
- gesture ,
- get ,
- gift ,
- gimmick ,
- gimp ,
- giving up ,
- glom ,
- go ,
- go under ,
- good turn ,
- gouge ,
- gracile ,
- grade ,
- graze ,
- grommet ,
- grow ,
- grummet ,
- guidance ,
- gyre ,
- hair curler ,
- half-baked ,
- handsome ,
- hang ,
- hang on ,
- hardened ,
- hardening ,
- head off ,
- heading ,
- heave ,
- heavy swell ,
- helical ,
- heraldic bearing ,
- hesitation ,
- heterosexual ,
- heterosexual person ,
- hitch ,
- hobble ,
- hook shot ,
- hooked ,
- hump ,
- hunch forward ,
- hunch over ,
- hunched ,
- hunker down ,
- impetus ,
- impish ,
- implike ,
- impressible ,
- impulsion ,
- inclination of an orbit ,
- incline ,
- indulgent ,
- instruction ,
- intent ,
- intention ,
- interchange ,
- intertwine ,
- intuition ,
- involved ,
- iteration ,
- jell ,
- joust ,
- kink ,
- kink up ,
- knack ,
- knock off ,
- knotty ,
- knuckle under ,
- laid ,
- lay ,
- lay out ,
- lenient ,
- liberal ,
- lift ,
- limber up ,
- limit ,
- line ,
- list ,
- live ,
- lively ,
- localise ,
- localize ,
- located ,
- lock ,
- looney ,
- loony ,
- loop topology ,
- loop-the-loop ,
- lot ,
- lour ,
- lower ,
- lower oneself ,
- lure ,
- mad ,
- mag tape ,
- magnetic dip ,
- magnetic inclination ,
- magnetic tape ,
- mainsheet ,
- malefactor ,
- management ,
- manifestation ,
- manipulable ,
- mantle ,
- mark ,
- medium ,
- melodic line ,
- melodic phrase ,
- melody ,
- mental strain ,
- merry-go-round ,
- mien ,
- mild ,
- mirror image ,
- mischievous ,
- misrepresented ,
- modification ,
- modulation ,
- motility ,
- move ,
- move around ,
- moving ridge ,
- musing ,
- naturally ,
- neat ,
- nervous strain ,
- nisus ,
- nobble ,
- number ,
- nutcase ,
- obeisance ,
- object ,
- objective ,
- oblique ,
- observant ,
- observation ,
- obviate ,
- of course ,
- open ,
- openhanded ,
- optical aberration ,
- out to ,
- outlaw ,
- overcharge ,
- overrefinement ,
- pains ,
- pall ,
- parenthesis ,
- parry ,
- pass up ,
- path ,
- patronising ,
- patronizing ,
- pen up ,
- pendulous ,
- pervert ,
- perverted ,
- piano ,
- pickpocket ,
- piece ,
- pilfer ,
- pinch ,
- pitch ,
- pixilated ,
- place ,
- placed ,
- plait ,
- plant ,
- play ,
- pleating ,
- plica ,
- plough ,
- plow ,
- pluck ,
- plume ,
- plunge ,
- point ,
- pooh-pooh ,
- pose ,
- position ,
- posture ,
- prankish ,
- prepare ,
- prepared ,
- presence ,
- primed ,
- proclivity ,
- propensity ,
- propose ,
- prosody ,
- prostrate ,
- protein folding ,
- prow ,
- puckish ,
- pull ,
- puree ,
- purloin ,
- purport ,
- purpose ,
- put ,
- put together ,
- qualify ,
- question ,
- rack ,
- rage ,
- rake ,
- ramble ,
- rambling ,
- range ,
- raw ,
- reach ,
- reactive ,
- readiness ,
- ready ,
- record ,
- recreation ,
- reflectivity ,
- reflexion ,
- refuse ,
- regulate ,
- reject ,
- relative incidence ,
- release ,
- remainder ,
- resilient ,
- reverse ,
- rick ,
- rig ,
- rigid ,
- ringlet ,
- roam ,
- rob ,
- robe ,
- rock ,
- roll ,
- rolling wave ,
- rotary ,
- round ,
- round-backed ,
- round-shouldered ,
- roundabout way ,
- rounding error ,
- routine ,
- rove ,
- row ,
- rubber band ,
- ruckle ,
- rumination ,
- rumple ,
- run ,
- saddlery ,
- sail ,
- scorn ,
- screwball ,
- scroll ,
- scrunch ,
- scrunch up ,
- seam ,
- sensible ,
- sensory ,
- separate out ,
- set up ,
- seth ,
- settle ,
- shaping ,
- sheep pen ,
- sheepcote ,
- sheepfold ,
- sheer ,
- sheet ,
- shepherd's crook ,
- shift ,
- shifty ,
- shoot for ,
- shroud ,
- shut down ,
- sic ,
- sick ,
- sieve ,
- sift ,
- silver ,
- silver-tongued ,
- sink ,
- sinuate ,
- sinuousness ,
- situated ,
- skimpy ,
- slam ,
- slant ,
- slanted ,
- slavish ,
- slew ,
- slick ,
- sloped ,
- slue ,
- smooth-spoken ,
- snakelike ,
- snaky ,
- snare ,
- snarf ,
- sneak ,
- snitch ,
- soak ,
- social movement ,
- softheaded ,
- solicit ,
- solidification ,
- solidifying ,
- sonant ,
- song ,
- sonsie ,
- sonsy ,
- sophisticate ,
- sore ,
- sour ,
- souse ,
- span ,
- spark ,
- specify ,
- spell ,
- spin ,
- spiral ,
- spiritualist ,
- sprain ,
- spread ,
- spread out ,
- spurn ,
- square ,
- squat ,
- squeeze ,
- squeeze out ,
- squiggle ,
- squirm ,
- stable gear ,
- stacked ,
- stage set ,
- stave off ,
- steering ,
- stem ,
- stock ,
- stoep ,
- stooped ,
- storm ,
- stoup ,
- straight person ,
- straightaway ,
- straightforward ,
- straining ,
- stray ,
- stress ,
- stretch ,
- stretch out ,
- strive ,
- striving ,
- subdued ,
- submit ,
- subservient ,
- succumb ,
- surcharge ,
- surrender ,
- suspension ,
- suspicion ,
- swan ,
- sway ,
- sweep oar ,
- sweep up ,
- sweetener ,
- swerve ,
- swing ,
- swing out ,
- swipe ,
- switch ,
- tack on ,
- tack together ,
- tacking ,
- tag on ,
- take ,
- take aim ,
- tangle ,
- tangled ,
- tape measure ,
- tape recording ,
- tapeline ,
- taping ,
- target ,
- tend ,
- tender ,
- tenor voice ,
- tense ,
- tense up ,
- thieve ,
- thin ,
- thoughtfulness ,
- thread ,
- tilted ,
- tinge ,
- tip ,
- tipped ,
- tone ,
- tone up ,
- torsion ,
- tortuosity ,
- tortuousness ,
- torture ,
- tour ,
- track ,
- traffic circle ,
- train ,
- tramp ,
- transfer ,
- transmitter ,
- traverse ,
- trend ,
- tress ,
- true ,
- try ,
- tumbler ,
- tumbler pigeon ,
- tune ,
- turbinate ,
- turn away ,
- turn of events ,
- turn over ,
- turn up ,
- twine ,
- twirl ,
- twist around ,
- twisty ,
- typeset ,
- unbalanced ,
- unbent ,
- unbowed ,
- uncoiled ,
- undulate ,
- undulation ,
- unhinged ,
- vacillant ,
- vacillating ,
- vacillation ,
- vagabond ,
- var. ,
- variant ,
- variety ,
- vary ,
- veer ,
- venous sinus ,
- videotape ,
- voiced ,
- voluminous ,
- voluptuous ,
- volute ,
- voluted ,
- wafture ,
- wall hanging ,
- wander ,
- wandering ,
- wane ,
- ward off ,
- waxy ,
- way ,
- wear round ,
- weather sheet ,
- weave ,
- weeping ,
- weirdo ,
- well-endowed ,
- whirl ,
- whirligig ,
- white horse ,
- wholesale ,
- whorl ,
- whorled ,
- wicked ,
- wiggly ,
- wild ,
- wild leek ,
- wilted ,
- wind ,
- wind exposure ,
- wobble ,
- work ,
- worm ,
- wrench ,
- wrestle ,
- wrick ,
- wriggle ,
- wring from ,
- wrinkle ,
- yield .
- Arcuation ,
- Bend Dexter ,
- Bought ,
- Buckling ,
- Concameration ,
- Curvation ,
- Curvity ,
- Devexity ,
- Gravitating ,
- Incurvity ,
- Recurvation ,
- Recurvity ,
- Shapable ,
- Tilting ,
- Trending ,
- Verging ,
- aberration ,
- adaptable ,
- aim ,
- amusement ,
- anfractuous ,
- aquiline ,
- arc ,
- arch ,
- arciform ,
- beading ,
- bearing ,
- bend ,
- bend down ,
- bendable ,
- bent ,
- bough ,
- bow ,
- bow down ,
- change ,
- circuitous ,
- collimation ,
- compliant ,
- contort ,
- course ,
- crazy ,
- crimp ,
- crook ,
- crooked ,
- crouch ,
- curl ,
- curled ,
- curling ,
- curvature ,
- curve ,
- curvilinear ,
- curvy ,
- deface ,
- deflect ,
- deflection ,
- deflexion ,
- deform ,
- detour ,
- deviation ,
- devious ,
- difference ,
- digression ,
- dip ,
- direction ,
- disfigure ,
- distort ,
- diversion ,
- drape ,
- drift ,
- ductile ,
- elastic ,
- extort ,
- facile ,
- flattering ,
- flection ,
- flex ,
- flexible ,
- flexion ,
- flexuous ,
- flexure ,
- fold ,
- fold over ,
- fold up ,
- folding ,
- formative ,
- genuflection ,
- give in ,
- giving ,
- go down ,
- hook ,
- impressionable ,
- incidence ,
- inclined ,
- incurvation ,
- incurvature ,
- indirect ,
- inflect ,
- inflection ,
- inflexion ,
- leaning ,
- limber ,
- limp ,
- lissom ,
- lissome ,
- lithe ,
- luff ,
- malleable ,
- meander ,
- meandering ,
- modify ,
- modulate ,
- moldable ,
- movement ,
- nod ,
- nodding ,
- plastic ,
- pliant ,
- plication ,
- receptive ,
- reflection ,
- refraction ,
- responsive ,
- roundabout ,
- sensitive ,
- set ,
- sinuosity ,
- sinuous ,
- sinus ,
- slanting ,
- sloping ,
- soft ,
- spiralling ,
- springy ,
- stoop ,
- strain ,
- strengthen ,
- submissive ,
- suggestible ,
- supple ,
- susceptible ,
- sweep ,
- tack ,
- tendency ,
- tenor ,
- tilt ,
- tortuous ,
- tractable ,
- turn ,
- turn down ,
- turning ,
- twist ,
- twisted ,
- unfold ,
- vector ,
- warp ,
- wavering ,
- willowy ,
- winding ,
- wrest ,
- wring ,
- wring out ,
- writhe .
- tape .
How to use "Bending" in context?
When we talk about bending, we are not only referring to physical bending, but to any form of change or transformation. We can bend our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in any direction we choose. This is a powerful tool we can use to create positive change in our lives.
Bending can also be used to communicate with others. By adjusting our behavior and attitude, we can help to create a more positive and productive relationship. We can also use bending to change the way we see ourselves. By becoming more flexible and adapting to change, we can increase our confidence and ability to achieve our goals.
Paraphrases for Bending:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
flexion.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
-
Adjective
Flexural.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
breaking, cracking, dealing, declining, doubling, falling, focusing, folding, kicking, leaning, leaving, lingering, looking, pending, reclining, remaining, shaping, slowing, straining, waiting, yielding, Avoiding, Awaiting, By-pass, Circumventing, Distorting, Expecting, Exploring, Overcoming, Tipping, bypassing, busting, banging.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
curvature, deflection, deformation, flexure, Flexing.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Flexing.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Bending:
n.
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act
change of shape.
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attribute
physical property.
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act
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