Synonyms of screws

screws

verb

present tense third-person singular of screw

1

as in distorts

to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition

screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distorts
• deforms
• tortures
• curls
• contorts
• warps
• misshapes
• wrenches
• squinches
• loops
• disfigures
• coils
• spirals
• defaces
• winds
• twines
• wrings
• wrests
• wreathes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightens
• unbends
• uncurls

2

as in squeezes

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezes
• plucks
• cheats
• sticks
• stings
• hustles
• beats
• does
• chisels
• bleeds
• fiddles
• hoses
• suckers
• tricks
• wrenches
• deceives
• reams
• shorts
• stiffs
• victimizes
• gaffs
• rips off
• shakes down
• diddles
• cozens
• defrauds
• rooks
• skins
• bilks
• clips
• cons
• shortchanges
• mulcts
• swindles
• thimblerigs
• fleeces
• exploits
• nobbles
• chouses
• flimflams
• fools
• skunks
• betrays
• euchres
• does in
• sells a bill of goods to
• takes to the cleaners
• gouges
• takes for a ride
• extorts
• soaks
• nicks
• milks
• overcharges
• wrests
• wrings
• dupes
• bitches
• gulls
• ropes (in)
• bamboozles
• double-crosses
• fast-talks