warpEnglishOxford American Thesauruswarp verb 1 timber which is too dry will warp and lose its strength: buckle, twist, bend, distort, deform, misshape, malform, curve, make/become crooked/curved, flex, bow, arch, contort, gnarl, kink, wrinkle. ▷antonyms straighten; keep shape. 2 a fanatic who warped the mind of her only child: corrupt, twist, pervert, deprave, bend, skew.