Synonyms for curl

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) (noun)

• coil
• whorl
• roll
• curlicue
• ringlet
• gyre
• scroll

American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) (noun)

a strand or cluster of hair (noun)

• lock

form a curl, curve, or kink (verb)

• curve
• kink

shape one's body into a curl (verb)

wind around something in coils or loops (verb)

• coil
• loop

twist or roll into coils or ringlets (verb)

• wave