sinuosity
Having many bends
Sinuosity is the quality of being sinuous—full of curves, bends, or turns.
The term applies to winding rivers, serpentine roads, or graceful, undulating movement: the sinuosity of the coastline, the sinuosity of her dance.
In technical contexts, sinuosity measures how much a path deviates from a straight line.
Smooth, angleless line
- bendCurve or flex
- arcCurved line segment
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- meanderTo travel without direction
undulation · coil · spiral · twist · loop · crescent · helix · flexure
Move in waves
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- windAir current outdoors
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
writhe · coil · meander · twist · flow · glide · slink · curve
To travel without direction
- oxbowTight river curve
- riverbendCurve in watercourse
- channelPassage for transmission
- streambedRiver's carved floor
riparian · confluence · delta · floodplain · watercourse · bayou · tributary · braided
Extremely complex and winding
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- tortuousFull of twists
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
meandering · twisted · knotty · tangled · circuitous · indirect · roundabout · devious
Capacity to bend easily
- lithenessFlexible, graceful quality
- fluidityState of flowing freely
- undulatingMoving in waves
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
flowing · graceful · sleekness · limberness · pliantness · curvaceous · willowy · languid
curve
Smooth, angleless line
- bendCurve or flex
- arcCurved line segment
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
meander · undulation · coil · spiral · twist · loop · crescent · helix · flexure · hairpin
undulate
Move in waves
weave · writhe · coil · meander · twist · flow · glide · slink · curve · ripple
meander
To travel without direction
streambed · riparian · confluence · delta · floodplain · watercourse · bayou · tributary · braided · alluvial
labyrinthine
Extremely complex and winding
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- tortuousFull of twists
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
byzantine · meandering · twisted · knotty · tangled · circuitous · indirect · roundabout · devious · involuted
suppleness
Capacity to bend easily
- lithenessFlexible, graceful quality
- fluidityState of flowing freely
- undulatingMoving in waves
serpentine · flowing · graceful · sleekness · limberness · pliantness · curvaceous · willowy · languid
sinuositystraightness
Absence of curvature
linearity · directness · straight line · angularity · rigidity
sinuositydirectness
Quality of being straightforward
straightforwardness · bluntness · frankness · candor · forthrightness
sinuous, insinuate, sinus, insinuation, insinuating, sinuously, insinuations, insinuator, sinuousness