Synonyms of flips

flips

verb

present tense third-person singular of flip

1

as in skims

to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner

flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skims
• thumbs
• scans
• leafs
• riffles
• dips
• browses
• looks over
• glances (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• studies
• pores (over)

2

as in reverses

to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing

flip the coin over

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reverses
• inverts
• switches
• exchanges
• shifts
• turns over
• transposes
• overturns
• interchanges
• upsets

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flips

If just one council member flips, the project will be revived. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2026

By putting the spa before the staterooms, this design flips the superyacht script from conspicuous consumption to conscious longevity. — Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2026

Even a 10% pullback in capex flips that to a $74 billion surplus; a 20% pullback puts them more than $200 billion in the black. — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Basically, the shopper’s playbook flips from watch now, search later into watch and shop at the same time. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026

Immediately afterward, a second microwave pulse flips the atom into the opposite state, so the superposition that’s flying upward changes into magnetically blind one, and starts falling under gravity with no other forces influencing it. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

These coiling flips are therefore a rare window into how evolutionary processes can play out on a global scale. — Quanta Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026

Jordan hunts estate sales, thrift stores and EcoSet, flips Facebook Marketplace scores and tends an ever-growing plant collection, treating her cozy apartment as a long-term nesting ground between film and TV jobs. — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

An adoption assessment flips that, providing a continuous read on how ready the organization is, where AI would create the most value and what capability gaps remain. — Andrew Antos, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026