Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spiral

3 senses of spiral

Sense 1
gyrate, spiral, coil -- (to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor")
       => turn -- (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs")

Sense 2
spiral -- (form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain")
       => wind, twist, curve -- (extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest")

Sense 3
corkscrew, spiral -- (move in a spiral or zigzag course)
       => turn -- (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs")

Antonyms of adj spiraling

1 sense of spiraling

Sense 1
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate -- (in the shape of a coil)

INDIRECT (VIA coiled) -> uncoiled, straight -- (no longer coiled)

Similarity of adj spiraling

1 sense of spiraling

Sense 1
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate -- (in the shape of a coil)
       => coiled (vs. uncoiled) -- (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck")