Synonyms of churns

churns

verb

present tense third-person singular of churn

1

as in swirls

to be in a state of violent rolling motion

a churning sea made getting to the island a risky undertaking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swirls
• boils
• spins
• seethes
• whirls
• roils
• stirs
• reels
• moils
• agitates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subsides
• calms
• abates

2

as in stirs

to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly

churn the cream until it turns into butter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stirs
• swirls
• washes
• whirls
• whisks
• agitates
• shakes
• whips
• beats
• reels
• wheels
• paddles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of churns

For all of Jaws' carnage, nothing churns the gut quite like the death of local boy Alex Kintner, played by Jeffrey Voorhees. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026

First, Two Scoops Creamery uses a high butter fat content and churns the ice cream directly in the Plaza Midwood store. — Tristan Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026

Fashion month and awards season may have drawn to a close, but the global cultural calendar churns on. — Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026

As the song churns on, the focus narrows in on West until everything else falls away. — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026

Their immense gravitational influence churns gas, dust, and even proximate stars around them, thus exerting a tremendous influence on their host galaxies. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Its back is a row of shields and churns the oceans to a frothing boil. — Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026

Harris is one of tens of thousands of Americans killed or injured each year by gun violence, a public health crisis that escalated in the pandemic and churns a new victim into a hospital emergency room every half hour. — Fred Clasen-Kelly, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025

The uptrend remains in place, for sure, even as the index churns under 6900. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025