Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Convolution (Complex curvature)

Nouns
  • winding etc. v.
  • convolution, involution, circumvolution
  • wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity
  • sinuosity, sinuation
  • meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages
  • torsion
  • inosculation
  • reticulation etc. (crossing) Crossing
  • rivulation
  • roughness etc. Roughness. coil, roll, curl
  • buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle
  • tendril
  • scollop, scallop, escalop
  • kink
  • ammonite, snakestone. serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth. knot.
Verbs
  • be convoluted etc. adj.
  • wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl
  • wave, undulate, meander
  • inosculate
  • entwine, intwine
  • twist, coil, roll
  • wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill
  • frizzle
  • crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort
  • contort
  • wreathe etc. (cross) Crossing.
Adjectives
  • convoluted
  • winding, twisted etc. v.
  • tortile, tortive
  • wavy
  • undated, undulatory
  • circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine
  • serpent, anguill, vermiform
  • vermicular
  • mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid
  • sigmoid, sigmoidal [Geom.]
  • spiriferous, spiroid
  • involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed
  • labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine
  • peristaltic
  • daedalian
  • kinky, knotted. wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled
  • raveled etc. (in disorder) [Absence, or want of Order, etc.] Disorder. spiral, coiled, helical
  • cochleate, cochleous
  • screw-shaped
  • turbinated, turbiniform.
Adverbs
  • in and out, round and round
  • a can of worms
  • Gordian knot.