upturn

¹up·turn

verb \ˈəp-ˌtərn, ˌəp-ˈ\

Definition of UPTURN

transitive verb

1

: to turn up or over

2

: to direct upward

intransitive verb

: to turn upward

Examples of UPTURN

1. <at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you>

First Known Use of UPTURN

1567

Related to UPTURN

Synonyms: arise, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprise, upthrust, ascend

Antonyms: decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge

Related Words: surge, tower; boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise; balloon, blast off, take off, zoom; crest, scale, surmount, top; cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms: dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

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Rhymes with UPTURN

adjourn, astern, attorn, casern, concern, discern, downturn, epergne, eterne, extern, heartburn, Hepburn, intern, in turn, inurn, kick turn, lucerne, Lucerne, nocturn, nocturne, outturn, return, sauternes, secern, sojourn, star turn, stem turn, step turn, sunburn, unlearn, U-turn, windburn