Definition for Whirlpool:

• An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like.

Synonyms for Whirlpool:

• n.

  •
  • bight,
  • branch,
  • bottom,
  • confluence,
  • backwater,
  • cascade,
  • bed,
  • channel,
  • cataract,
  • bayou.
  •
  • nightmare,
  • trouble,
  • worst-case scenario,
  • stress,
  • quagmire,
  • ordeal,
  • battle,
  • crisis,
  • stir,
  • tragedy,
  • calm.
  •
  • bidet,
  • douche,
  • dishpan,
  • mudbath,
  • basin,
  • hot tub,
  • bathtub,
  • shower,
  • jacuzzi,
  • bath.
  •bustle (noun)
  • excitement,
  • furor,
  • turmoil,
  • to-do,
  • fuss,
  • rumpus,
  • clamor,
  • agitation,
  • hurry,
  • hurly-burly,
  • tumult,
  • hubbub,
  • commotion,
  • whirlwind,
  • uproar,
  • ado.
  •eddy (noun)
  • undercurrent,
  • scylla,
  • swirl,
  • RAPIDS.
  •gulf (noun)
  • cove,
  • cavity,
  • hiatus,
  • depths,
  • rift,
  • abyss,
  • split,
  • crevasse,
  • harbor,
  • distance,
  • opening,
  • well,
  • pit,
  • cleft,
  • breach,
  • shaft,
  • sound,
  • separation,
  • expanse,
  • hollow,
  • slough,
  • chasm,
  • void,
  • cave,
  • rent,
  • bay,
  • depth,
  • gulch,
  • gap.
  •hot tub (noun)
  • sauna baths,
  • hot-tub,
  • plunge baths.
  •spa (noun)
  • sanitarium,
  • sauna,
  • sanitariums,
  • health club,
  • day spa,
  • Health Facilities,
  • hot spring,
  • lodge,
  • health facility,
  • hotel,
  • mineral spring resort,
  • fat farm,
  • holiday spot,
  • sanitaria,
  • saunas.
  •tide (noun)
  • flood,
  • flux,
  • sluice,
  • race,
  • torrent,
  • rush,
  • drag,
  • ebb,
  • direction,
  • drift,
  • wave,
  • movement,
  • trend,
  • tendency,
  • spate.
  •undertow (noun)
  • riptide,
  • riptides.
  •vortex (noun)
  • tourbillions.
  •whirl (noun)
  • circumvolution,
  • pirouette,
  • circuit,
  • gyre,
  • rotation,
  • reel,
  • circulation,
  • twist,
  • circle,
  • whir,
  • wheel,
  • gyration,
  • round,
  • turn.
  •whirlpool (noun)
  • maelstrom.

• v.

  •swirl (verb)
  • crimp,
  • surge,
  • coil,
  • wriggle,
  • twirl,
  • boil,
  • snake,
  • churn,
  • crisp,
  • curl,
  • roll,
  • roil,
  • agitate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disturbance.
  •galaxy
  • nebula.

Paraphrases for Whirlpool:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    maelstrom, vortex.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    spiral, vorticity, swirl.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    whirlwind, eddy, backwater, flurry.

Whirlpool Sentence Examples:

• So this party of three plunged into the boiling whirlpool of joyous Gueldersdorp.

• And he started up, like his own heart, that began to beat violently, as if catching at a straw of hope, in the whirlpool of despair.