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twist has 37 distinct synonyms spread across 19 of its 23 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. Its one recorded opposite is untwist.
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.
an unforeseen development
“events suddenly took an awkward turn”
an interpretation of a text or action
“they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct”
social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
“they liked to dance the twist”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for twist come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
form into twists
“Twist the strips of dough”
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
“Don't twist my words”