convolute

English Thesaurus

1. practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	denote, refer,
definition	:	have as a meaning (verb.communication)

2. curl, wind, or twist together (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	bend, deform, flex, turn, twist,
definition	:	cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form (verb.contact)

3. rolled longitudinally upon itself (adj.all)

similar	:	coiled,
definition	:	curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) (adj.all)

domain category	:	botany, phytology,
definition	:	the branch of biology that studies plants (noun.cognition)

4. practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting,
definition	:	the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean (noun.act)

derivation	:	sophistication,
definition	:	falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies (noun.act)

derivation	:	sophism, sophistication, sophistry,
definition	:	a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	construction, twist,
definition	:	an interpretation of a text or action (noun.communication)

5. curl, wind, or twist together (verb.contact)

derivation	:	convolution,
definition	:	the action of coiling or twisting or winding together (noun.act)

6. practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting,
definition	:	the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean (noun.act)

derivation	:	sophistication,
definition	:	falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies (noun.act)

derivation	:	sophism, sophistication, sophistry,
definition	:	a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	construction, twist,
definition	:	an interpretation of a text or action (noun.communication)

7. curl, wind, or twist together (verb.contact)

derivation	:	convolution,
definition	:	the action of coiling or twisting or winding together (noun.act)