Definition for Vortex:

• Vortical.

Synonyms for Vortex:

• n.

  •
  • disarray,
  • mayhem,
  • circus,
  • farce,
  • three-ring circus,
  • rigamarole,
  • chaos,
  • muddle,
  • tumult.
  •
  • down,
  • ebb,
  • course,
  • drip,
  • flush,
  • in,
  • flow.
  •circle (noun)
  • co lures,
  • co lure,
  • ecliptics,
  • re volution,
  • zodiac,
  • zodiacs,
  • re volutions,
  • re-volutions,
  • re-cord,
  • co-lures,
  • co-lure,
  • full turns,
  • re cord,
  • re cords,
  • parallel latitude,
  • re-cords,
  • re-volution.
  •circular current (noun)
  • tornado,
  • waterspout,
  • gyre,
  • twister,
  • whirlwind,
  • whirlpool,
  • cyclone,
  • whirl,
  • Tourbillion.
  •convolution (noun)
  • convolution.
  •pitfall (noun)
  • deathtrap,
  • firetrap,
  • quicksand,
  • chasm,
  • mousetrap,
  • pitfall,
  • lure,
  • hazard.
  •rotation (noun)
  • turnings,
  • rotation.
  •swirl (noun)
  • swirl.
  •undertow (noun)
  • riptides,
  • riptide.
  •vortex (noun)
  • maelstrom.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • spiral.
  •n.
  • circle,
  • cirque,
  • cordon,
  • corkscrew,
  • current,
  • disc,
  • ecliptic,
  • eddy,
  • equator,
  • globe,
  • helix,
  • parallel of latitude,
  • ringlet,
  • round shape,
  • stream,
  • tide,
  • tire,
  • undertow,
  • whorl,
  • Helices,
  • Helixes,
  • Colure,
  • Colures,
  • cordons,
  • DISCS,
  • equators,
  • horizons,
  • cirques,
  • corkscrews,
  • full turn.

Paraphrases for Vortex:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    maelstrom, whirlpool, swirl.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    vorticity, spiral.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    wormhole.
  • Proper noun, singular
    wormhole.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    whirlwind, wormhole, flurry, eddy.

Vortex Sentence Examples:

• Of course it was out of the question to attempt the passage of such a vortex in canoes, except at half flood or half ebb tide, at which periods the waters became quiet.

• He clutched wildly at the shrouds with one hand - the other still held the rope; but fruitlessly, and in an instant he fell down - far down into the vortex of the seething, swirling sea.