twist
vb
1 coil, corkscrew, curl, encircle, entwine, intertwine, screw, spin, swivel, twine, weave, wind, wrap, wreathe, wring
2 contort, distort, screw up
3 rick, sprain, turn, wrench
4 alter, change, distort, falsify, garble, misquote, misrepresent, pervert, warp
5 squirm, wriggle, writhe
6 twist someone's arm bully, coerce, force, persuade, pressurize, talk into
n
7 coil, curl, spin, swivel, twine, wind
8 braid, coil, curl, hank, plug, quid, roll
9 change, development, revelation, slant, surprise, turn, variation
10 arc, bend, convolution, curve, meander, turn, undulation, zigzag
11 defect, deformation, distortion, flaw, imperfection, kink, warp
12 jerk, pull, sprain, turn, wrench
13 aberration, bent, characteristic, crotchet, eccentricity, fault, foible, idiosyncrasy, oddity, peculiarity, proclivity, quirk, trait
14 confusion, entanglement, kink, knot, mess, mix-up, ravel, snarl, tangle
15 round the twist (Brit. slang) barmy (slang) batty (slang) bonkers (slang, chiefly Brit.) crazy, cuckoo (informal) daft (informal) gonzo (slang) insane, loopy (informal) mad, not all there, not right in the head, nuts (slang) nutty (slang) nutty as a fruitcake (slang) off one's rocker (slang) off one's trolley (slang) out to lunch (informal) up the pole (informal) wacko or whacko (informal)
Antonyms
1 straighten, uncoil, unravel, unroll, untwist, unwind
5 hold stationary, hold steady, hold still