uncoil

The word “uncoil” has 2 syllables: un-coil

It's pronounced as /ʌnˈkɔɪl/


What is synonym and antonym for uncoil?

In the thesaurus, “uncoil” has 121 synonyms and 74 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for uncoil along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for uncoil

  • account for
  • acquire
  • actualize
  • align
  • arrange
  • array
  • be displayed
  • be distributed
  • bloat
  • branch off
  • broaden
  • cast
  • circulate
  • coat
  • compose
  • correct
  • cover
  • daub
  • develop
  • diffuse
  • dilate
  • disclose
  • disentangle
  • disperse
  • display
  • diverge
  • elaborate
  • enlarge
  • escalate
  • even
  • even out
  • evolve
  • exhibit
  • expand
  • explain
  • explicate
  • extend
  • fan
  • fan out
  • flatten
  • flow
  • foretell
  • form
  • free
  • gloss
  • increase
  • lay
  • lengthen
  • level
  • lie
  • loose
  • loosen
  • make plumb
  • make straight
  • materialize
  • multiply
  • mushroom
  • neaten
  • open
  • order
  • outspread
  • outstretch
  • overlay
  • paint
  • pervade
  • prepare
  • produce
  • proliferate
  • put in order
  • put perpendicular
  • put straight
  • put to rights
  • put upright
  • put vertical
  • radiate
  • ravel
  • reach
  • realize
  • recount
  • rectify
  • reel out
  • release
  • roll out
  • separate
  • set
  • set to rights
  • settle
  • shake out
  • slacken
  • smarten up
  • smear
  • sprawl
  • spray
  • spread
  • spruce up
  • state
  • straighten
  • stretch
  • stretch out
  • strew
  • suffuse
  • swell
  • tidy
  • unbend
  • uncover
  • uncrease
  • uncurl
  • undo
  • unfold
  • unfurl
  • unkink
  • unravel
  • unreel
  • unroll
  • unsnarl
  • untangle
  • untwine
  • untwist
  • unwind
  • unwrap
  • widen

Antonyms for uncoil

  • abridge
  • agitate
  • arc
  • bend
  • block
  • bow
  • cease
  • check
  • circumscribe
  • close
  • coil
  • complicate
  • compress
  • conceal
  • confine
  • confuse
  • contract
  • cover
  • crook
  • curl
  • curve
  • decrease
  • destroy
  • diminish
  • disarrange
  • discontinue
  • disorder
  • disorganize
  • disperse
  • end
  • entwine
  • fail
  • fold
  • halt
  • hide
  • hold
  • hook
  • keep
  • kink
  • lessen
  • loop
  • lose
  • lower
  • maintain
  • mess up
  • mix up
  • move
  • mystify
  • narrow
  • neglect
  • obscure
  • prepare
  • ready
  • reduce
  • repress
  • restrict
  • round
  • ruin
  • scatter
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • shrivel
  • spiral
  • stagnate
  • stop
  • straighten
  • swirl
  • tangle
  • turn
  • twine
  • twist
  • wind
  • withhold
  • wrap

Meanings of uncoil

  • verb
    1. To unwind or untwist (something).
    2. To unwind or untwist oneself.

Example Sentences

  • He watched the snake uncoil slowly from its resting position.
  • She tried to uncoil the tangled string but couldn't get it free.
  • The scientist demonstrated how to uncoil the DNA strand for analysis.
  • The spring began to uncoil when the pressure was released.
  • As the rope uncoil, it revealed the hidden message written along its length.

On this page you'll find 195 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to uncoil, such as: abridge, account for, acquire, actualize, agitate, align, arc.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

unbend

  • accommodate
  • accord
  • acquiesce
  • act beneath oneself
  • agree
  • align
  • arrange
  • be at ease
  • be comfortable
  • be courteous
  • become liquid
  • become soft
  • bend
  • breathe
  • breathe easy
  • calm
  • calm down
  • collect oneself
  • come down off high horse
  • comply
  • compose
  • compose oneself
  • concede
  • cool off
  • correct
  • debase oneself
  • defrost
  • degrade oneself
  • deign
  • deliquesce
  • demean oneself
  • descend
  • disentangle
  • display
  • dissolve
  • doze
  • dream
  • drowse
  • ease off
  • ease up
  • even
  • expand
  • extend
  • fan
  • fan out
  • favor
  • feel at home
  • flatten
  • flow
  • flux
  • free
  • fuse
  • grant
  • hang loose
  • high-hat
  • idle
  • knock off
  • laze
  • lean
  • let down
  • let oneself go
  • let up
  • level
  • lie by
  • lie down
  • lie still
  • liquefy
  • loaf
  • loll
  • loose
  • loosen
  • loosen up
  • lounge
  • lower oneself
  • make oneself at home
  • make plumb
  • make straight
  • melt
  • mollify
  • nap
  • neaten
  • nod
  • oblige
  • open
  • open up
  • order
  • outspread
  • outstretch
  • patronize
  • put feet up
  • put in order
  • put perpendicular
  • put straight
  • put to rights
  • put upright
  • put vertical
  • ravel
  • recline
  • rectify
  • reel out
  • refresh oneself
  • relax
  • release
  • relent
  • repose
  • resort
  • rest
  • run
  • see fit
  • separate
  • set to rights
  • settle back
  • shake out
  • simmer down
  • sink
  • sit around
  • sit back
  • sit down
  • slack
  • slack off
  • slacken
  • slumber
  • smarten up
  • snooze
  • soften
  • spell
  • spread
  • spruce up
  • stop work
  • straighten
  • stretch out
  • submit
  • take a break
  • take a breather
  • take a nap
  • take five
  • take it easy
  • take life easy
  • take ten
  • take time out
  • talk down to
  • thaw
  • tidy
  • toss a few crumbs
  • tranquilize
  • uncoil
  • uncrease
  • uncurl
  • undo
  • unfold
  • unfurl
  • unkink
  • unlax
  • unravel
  • unreel
  • unroll
  • unsnarl
  • untangle
  • untwine
  • untwist
  • unwind
  • unwrap
  • vouchsafe
  • warm up
  • wind down
  • yield

unbending

  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • aloof
  • anal-retentive
  • antisocial
  • apathetic
  • asocial
  • bloody-minded
  • bullheaded
  • buttoned-up
  • cantankerous
  • clinical
  • cliquey
  • cliquish
  • clubbish
  • cold
  • cold-eyed
  • confirmed
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • cool
  • crisp
  • cussed
  • deaf to reason
  • defiant
  • demanding
  • detached
  • determined
  • diffident
  • disentangling
  • disinterested
  • disobedient
  • dispassionate
  • distant
  • do-or-die
  • dogged
  • dry
  • dug in
  • exacting
  • firm
  • formal
  • frosty
  • froward
  • hard
  • hard as nails
  • hard-line
  • hard-nosed
  • hard-shell
  • hard-shelled
  • hardened
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • hell-bent
  • hidebound
  • hold the fort
  • hold the line
  • immovable
  • impersonal
  • implacable
  • incompliant
  • inconvincible
  • incurious
  • indifferent
  • indomitable
  • indrawn
  • inelastic
  • inexorable
  • inflexible
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • intransigent
  • introverted
  • inveterate
  • invincible
  • iron
  • locked-in
  • misanthropic
  • mulish
  • mutinous
  • narrow-minded
  • nongregarious
  • obdurate
  • obsessive
  • obstinate
  • offish
  • opinionated
  • ossified
  • pat
  • persistent
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • professional
  • recalcitrant
  • recessive
  • reclusive
  • refractory
  • relentless
  • remote
  • reserved
  • resolute
  • resolved
  • reticent
  • rigid
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • set
  • set in stone
  • severe
  • shy
  • silent
  • single-minded
  • standing pat
  • standoff
  • standoffish
  • steadfast
  • stern
  • stiff
  • stiff-necked
  • stouthearted
  • straightening
  • strict
  • stubborn
  • taciturn
  • tenacious
  • timid
  • unclubbable
  • uncoiling
  • uncommunicative
  • uncompromising
  • unconcerned
  • unconquerable
  • uncooperative
  • uncurling
  • unflexible
  • unflinching
  • ungovernable
  • uninterested
  • unkinking
  • unmanageable
  • unregenerate
  • unrelenting
  • unrolling
  • unruly
  • unsociable
  • unsocial
  • unswayable
  • untangling
  • untwining
  • untwisting
  • unwinding
  • unyielding
  • uptight
  • wayward
  • wilful
  • willful
  • withdrawn
  • wrongheaded

unbends

  • disentangles
  • straightens
  • uncoils
  • uncurls
  • unkinks
  • unrolls
  • untangles
  • untwines
  • untwists
  • unwinds

unbent

  • beeline
  • collinear
  • consecutive
  • continuous
  • direct
  • disentangled
  • erect
  • even
  • horizontal
  • in a line
  • in a row
  • in line
  • inflexible
  • invariable
  • level
  • like an arrow
  • lineal
  • linear
  • near
  • nonstop
  • not cured
  • perpendicular
  • plumb
  • precipitous
  • rectilineal
  • rectilinear
  • right
  • running
  • sheer
  • short
  • smooth
  • solid
  • square
  • straight
  • straightaway
  • straightened
  • straightforward
  • successive
  • through
  • true
  • unbroken
  • uncoiled
  • uncurled
  • undeviating
  • undistorted
  • uninterrupted
  • unkinked
  • unrelieved
  • unrolled
  • unswerving
  • untangled
  • untwined
  • untwisted
  • unwound
  • upright
  • vertical

unbraid

  • bail one out
  • clear up
  • detach
  • discumber
  • disembroil
  • disencumber
  • disengage
  • disentangle
  • disinvolve
  • emancipate
  • expand
  • extricate
  • fray
  • free
  • fret
  • let go
  • let off
  • loose
  • loosen
  • make plain
  • open
  • part
  • resolve
  • separate
  • sever
  • simplify
  • smooth
  • smooth out
  • sort out
  • sunder
  • uncoil
  • undo
  • unfold
  • unknot
  • unlace
  • unlay
  • unravel
  • unroll
  • unscramble
  • unsnarl
  • unstring
  • untangle
  • unthread
  • untie
  • untwine
  • untwist
  • unweave
  • unwind
  • weave out
  • work out

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