Synonyms & related words for recurve

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of recurve. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to recurve

Explore words related to recurve — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include recurvate, embow, courb, deflex, bowbent, incurvate, archery, longbow. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does recurve come from?

The word recurve breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and curve, from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.