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reel has 13 distinct synonyms spread across 5 of its 9 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
music composed for dancing a reel
winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
“The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for reel come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.