curve - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

Synonyms

• bender
• breaking ball
• curve
• curve ball

More generic

• delivery
• pitch

Noun

curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

Synonyms

• bend
• curve

More generic

• section
• segment

More specific

• blind bend
• blind curve
• elbow
• hairpin bend

Related

• road
• route

Noun

the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

Synonyms

• curvature
• curve

More generic

• configuration
• conformation
• contour
• form
• shape

More specific

• curliness
• straightness
• waviness

Noun

a line on a graph representing data

Synonyms

• curve

More generic

• line

More specific

• regression curve
• regression line

Related

• graph
• graphical record
• graphical recording

Noun

the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

Synonyms

• curve
• curved shape

More generic

• line

Opposite / Antonyms

• straight line

More specific

• Cupid's bow
• Gaussian curve
• Gaussian shape
• S-shape
• arc
• arch
• bell
• bell shape
• bell-shaped curve
• bend
• bow
• campana
• catenary
• closed curve
• crenation
• crenature
• crenel
• crenelle
• crescent
• crook
• crotchet
• envelope
• extrados
• gooseneck
• helix
• hook
• intrados
• lemniscate
• line roulette
• meander
• normal curve
• perversion
• quadric
• quadric surface
• roulette
• scallop
• sinuosity
• sinuousness
• spiral
• turn
• twist
• undulation
• wave

Verb

form a curl, curve, or kink

Synonyms

• curl
• curve
• kink

More generic

• change surface

Related

• bend
• deform
• flex
• turn
• twist

Verb

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Synonyms

• curve
• cut
• sheer
• slew
• slue
• swerve
• trend
• veer

More generic

• turn

More specific

• peel off
• yaw

Verb

bend or cause to bend

Synonyms

• crook
• curve

More generic

• bend
• flex

More specific

• recurve

Verb

form an arch or curve

Synonyms

• arc
• arch
• curve

More generic

• bend
• flex

More specific

• camber

Verb

extend in curves and turns

Synonyms

• curve
• twist
• wind

More generic

• be

More specific

• circumvolute
• snake
• spiral

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