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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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Raised by Wolves in San Diego sits behind a liquor store, accessible via a rotating seating area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

We’re rotating them through, we put them in different positions to test them in fire and see who can handle all of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

By rotating taxable RMDs and tax-free QCDs over five years, you would pay nearly $20,000 in taxes, and the charity would get $130,000.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Investors are rotating back to momentum stocks after a brutal March.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

One is in the interior of a rotating black hole.

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