Antonyms of adj windy

4 senses of windy

Sense 1
blowy, breezy, windy -- (abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff")

INDIRECT (VIA stormy) -> calm -- ((of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas")

Sense 2
airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy -- (not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich")

INDIRECT (VIA utopian) -> dystopian -- (as bad as can be; characterized by human misery; "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages"- Susan Sontag)

Sense 3
windy -- (resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability; "a windy dash home")

INDIRECT (VIA fast) -> slow -- (not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth")

Sense 4
long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy -- (using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes")

INDIRECT (VIA prolix) -> concise -- (expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation")

Similarity of adj windy

4 senses of windy

Sense 1
blowy, breezy, windy -- (abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff")
       => stormy (vs. calm) -- ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas")

Sense 2
airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy -- (not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich")
       => utopian (vs. dystopian) -- (characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection; "the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized the utopian nature of his hopes")

Sense 3
windy -- (resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability; "a windy dash home")
       => fast (vs. slow) -- (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car")

Sense 4
long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy -- (using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes")
       => prolix (vs. concise) -- (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know")

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