serpentine

Definitions

Of or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement; sinuous.

Winding or turning in a complex, twisting, or indirect manner.

Subtly sly, treacherous, or cunning.

Examples

The hikers followed a serpentine path that wound its way up the steep mountainside.

The river took a serpentine course through the valley, creating beautiful loops along the landscape.

She wore a necklace with a serpentine design that coiled gracefully around her neck.

Synonyms

winding meandering twisting sinuous tortuous snaking curving

Antonyms

straight direct linear unwavering undeviating rectilinear unbent