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Definitions

rotating

ADJECTIVE

circulating

Synonyms

STRONG

circling moving

WEAK

ambient circulatory current diffusive fluid in motion

Antonyms

WEAK

motionless stationary still

ADJECTIVE

rotary

Synonyms

STRONG

spinning whirligig whirling

WEAK

encircling gyral gyratory revolving rotational rotatory vertiginous vorticular

ADJECTIVE

succeeding/successive

Synonyms

WEAK

alternating consecutive ensuing following after in a row in line next next in line for next in order next off next up sequent sequential serial seriate subsequent subsequential succedent successional

Antonyms

WEAK

antecedent antedating preceding previous

ADJECTIVE

successive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consecutive ensuing subsequent succeeding

WEAK

alternating following after in line next next off next up sequent sequential serial seriate subsequential succedent successional

ADJECTIVE

vertiginous

Synonyms

WEAK

dizzy giddy revolving spinning turning unstable whirling

ADJECTIVE

whirling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

revolving spinning

STRONG

turning

WEAK

vertiginous

NOUN

returning

Synonyms

STRONG

rebound retracing retreat return revolving

WEAK

reappearance recurrence reentrance reoccurrence reoccurring repetition reverberation revolution rotation turning back

Example Sentences

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The rotating vortex draws in large amounts of oxygen, creating a hotter and more efficient flame.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

How it happened is a tale of speculation, the oil panic and the rotating winners from artificial intelligence, with a walk-on part for the weird way indexes work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

McDonald called gold miners a “screaming buy” in 2016 and also discussed rotating into those stocks a year ago.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

In the meantime, the US and UK will be rotating their existing nuclear-powered submarines through Australia, and in the 2030s Australia will buy secondhand nuclear submarines from the US.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

I was expecting to discover just the radiation that Zeldovich and Starobinsky had predicted from rotating black holes.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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