WHEELED Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

wheeled

verb

Definition of wheeled

past tense of wheel

as in swung

to change the course or direction of (something) wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off

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as in turned

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced

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as in rotated

to move in circles around an axis or center she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down

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as in curved

to turn away from a straight line or course the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city

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straightened

as in deviated

to change one's course or direction upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them

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Recent Examples of wheeled Overnight and into the morning, a crew of body removal workers slowly wheeled 56 corpses out of the building. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 Hannah and Nicky have wheeled around and around, digging and digging into the ground. — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026 Court went into recess as she was wheeled out of the room, sobbing loudly with her face in her hands. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 29 July 2026 In a recent trial at Siemens’ electronics plant in Erlangen, a British start-up’s wheeled humanoid robot successfully handled warehouse crates using physical AI technology. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 July 2026 Jolley, 20, was wheeled into an ambulance and was absent from rehearsals and performances for the rest of the episode. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 Another system, the Mermaid wheeled humanoid robot, focuses on industrial control operations. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 Jiuta Wainiqolo saved the ball from going out in his 22 with Duhan van der Merwe on his heels and wheeled upfield. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 He was wheeled off on a stretcher to the cheers of Eagles fans who watched as the rival, who had dominated them for well over a decade, left with a spinal cord injury. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeled

Verb

Prices of the precious commodity have swung dramatically from one season to the next, particularly as issues such as climate change, water scarcity and pest and disease pressures persist.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
The club opted against a lengthy pre-season trip to North America, Oceania, or East Asia, preferring a smaller-scale tour in which the squad swung back to the Carrington training ground after playing across a host of European cities.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of swung

Verb

Benson and Moore have not only rotated at right tackle in camp but have each trialed other positions.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026
On top of Putin’s likely request for more troops, some 25,000 North Koreans have so far been deployed or rotated through Russia’s military, Skibitskiy added.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of rotated

Verb

The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this.

— Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of deviated

Verb

To its left, sausages revolved on chrome rollers; to its right, a human attendant in a brightly colored uniform looked patient and quizzical.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Still, most gravitate toward the main pool, where the Delano's social scene has revolved for decades.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026