Standard Lemma guide

flexuous

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • US: /ˈflɛkʃ(ə)wəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

adj

Meaning 1

winding from side to side; sinuous

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

having turns or windings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the flexuous bed of the stream

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin flexuosus, from flexus (“bend”), from flectere (“bend”).

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: лъкатушещ (lǎkatušešt) — sinuous
  • Bulgarian: криволичещ (krivoličešt) — sinuous
  • Catalan: flexuós — sinuous
  • French: flexueux — sinuous
  • Ido: flexoza — sinuous
  • Romanian: sinuos — sinuous
  • Romanian: cotit — sinuous
  • Romanian: șerpuitor — sinuous
  • Spanish: flexuoso — sinuous