convolute

1. 1.

   rolled longitudinally upon itself

   “a convolute petal”

   Synonymsconvoluted

   Similarcoiled

   botany

Other forms of convolute

past tense

convoluted·

present participle

convoluting·

third person

convolutes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about convolute

What does convolute mean?

convolute means "curl, wind, or twist together". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in convolute?

convolute has 3 syllables: con-vo-lute. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnvəˌlut/.

What is another word for convolute?

Close synonyms include convolve, twist, twist around, pervert, sophisticate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is convolute a common word?

convolute is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with convolute?

7 words rhyme with convolute. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.