zigzagging

The word “zigzagging” has 3 syllables: zig-zag-ging

It's pronounced as /ˈzɪɡˌzæɡɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for zigzagging?

In the thesaurus, “zigzagging” has 52 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for zigzagging

  • avoiding
  • bending
  • circling
  • circuitous
  • coiled
  • coiling
  • corkscrew
  • crazy
  • crooked
  • curled
  • curling
  • curved
  • curving
  • curvy
  • deflecting
  • devious
  • dodging
  • ducking
  • eluding
  • escaping
  • evading
  • indirect
  • irregular
  • jagged
  • jinking
  • looping
  • meandering
  • parrying
  • rambling
  • roundabout
  • serpentine
  • shirking
  • sidestepping
  • sinuous
  • skirting
  • slaloming
  • sliding
  • slipping
  • spiral
  • spiraling
  • spiralling
  • swirling
  • tortuous
  • turning
  • twisted
  • twisting
  • uneven
  • wandering
  • weaving
  • winding
  • windy
  • zigzag

Antonyms for zigzagging

  • direct
  • linear
  • straight
  • straightaway

Meanings of zigzagging

  • verb
    1. To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.
  • noun
    1. The movement or layout of something that zigzags.
  • adjective
    1. Winding, twisting, turning or sinuous.

Example Sentences

  • While hiking in the mountains, the trail unexpectedly started zigzagging, making the ascent more challenging.
  • The skilled skier effortlessly navigated down the steep slope, expertly zigzagging between the trees.
  • The dragonfly displayed its mesmerizing flight pattern, zigzagging gracefully through the air.
  • The car maneuvered through the crowded city streets, zigzagging to avoid traffic and reach the destination on time.
  • In the thrilling chase scene of the movie, the protagonist was zigzagging through the narrow alleyways, trying to escape the pursuing villains.

On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to zigzagging, such as: avoiding, bending, circling, circuitous, coiled, coiling, corkscrew.

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

Related Words

about-facing

  • abrogating
  • annulling
  • arching
  • arcing
  • backtracking
  • bending
  • bowing
  • breaking
  • circling
  • coiling
  • countermanding
  • crooking
  • curling
  • curving
  • cutting
  • deviating
  • hooking
  • looping
  • overturning
  • pivoting
  • repealing
  • rescinding
  • reversing
  • reverting
  • revoking
  • rounding
  • sheering
  • skewing
  • slewing
  • sluing
  • spiraling
  • spiralling
  • straying
  • striking down
  • sweeping
  • swerving
  • switching
  • turning
  • twisting
  • veering
  • wandering
  • wavering
  • weaving
  • wheeling
  • winding
  • yawing
  • zagging
  • zigging
  • zigzagging

jinking

  • avoiding
  • deflecting
  • dodging
  • ducking
  • eluding
  • escaping
  • evading
  • parrying
  • shirking
  • sidestepping
  • skirting
  • slaloming
  • sliding
  • slipping
  • turning
  • weaving
  • zigzagging

kinked

  • arced
  • arched
  • bending
  • bent
  • bowed
  • coiled
  • coiling
  • corkscrew
  • crooked
  • curled
  • curling
  • curved
  • curving
  • declined
  • deflected
  • dented
  • devious
  • dimpled
  • diverted
  • enrolled
  • entwined
  • hooked
  • inclined
  • incurvated
  • incurved
  • inflected
  • looped
  • looping
  • meandered
  • meandering
  • reflected
  • rounded
  • serpentine
  • sinuous
  • sloped
  • spiral
  • spiraled
  • spiraling
  • spiralled
  • spiralling
  • swerved
  • swirled
  • turned
  • turning
  • twined
  • twining
  • twisted
  • twisting
  • veered
  • veering
  • warped
  • waved
  • wavy
  • weaved
  • weaving
  • winded
  • winding
  • wound
  • zigzag
  • zigzagging

tacking

  • adhering
  • affixing
  • attaching
  • battening
  • belaying
  • bending
  • bolting
  • buttoning
  • cinching
  • clamping
  • clasping
  • clenching
  • clinching
  • clipping
  • coapting
  • connecting
  • detouring
  • deviating
  • diverging
  • doing up
  • fastening
  • fixing
  • glueing
  • gluing
  • hanging
  • harnessing
  • hasping
  • joining
  • lacing
  • lashing
  • latching
  • linking
  • nailing
  • pasting
  • pinning
  • plastering
  • reaffixing
  • reattaching
  • refastening
  • refixing
  • resecuring
  • riveting
  • screwing
  • shackling
  • sheering
  • stapling
  • sticking
  • strapping
  • swerving
  • swinging
  • tackling
  • tieing
  • toggling
  • turning
  • turning back
  • turning off
  • tying
  • uniting
  • veering
  • wheeling
  • yoking
  • zigzagging

veering

  • about-facing
  • arching
  • arcing
  • averting
  • bending
  • bowed
  • bowing
  • breaking
  • change
  • circling
  • coiled
  • coiling
  • corkscrew
  • crooked
  • crooking
  • curled
  • curling
  • curved
  • curving
  • cutting
  • deflecting
  • detour
  • detouring
  • deviating
  • deviation
  • devious
  • diverging
  • diverting
  • entwined
  • hooking
  • kinked
  • looped
  • looping
  • meandering
  • moving
  • pivoting
  • rechanneling
  • redirecting
  • reversing
  • rounded
  • rounding
  • serpentine
  • sheering
  • shifting
  • shunting
  • sidetracking
  • sinuous
  • skewing
  • slewing
  • sluing
  • spiral
  • spiraling
  • spiralling
  • straying
  • swaying
  • sweeping
  • swerving
  • swinging
  • swirled
  • switching
  • swiveling
  • swivelling
  • tacking
  • transferring
  • turned
  • turning
  • turning back
  • turning off
  • twined
  • twining
  • twisted
  • twisting
  • wandering
  • warped
  • wavering
  • wavy
  • weaving
  • wheeling
  • whipping
  • whirling
  • winding
  • yawing
  • zagging
  • zigging
  • zigzag
  • zigzagging

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