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revolve

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of revolve

1 to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis

  • the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side
Synonyms of revolve

pivot, roll, rotate, spin, swing, swirl, swivel, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl
Words Related to revolve

screw, unscrew

twiddle

coil, crank, reel, wind

circulate

2 to move in circles around an axis or center

  • the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars
Synonyms of revolve

gyrate, pinwheel, pirouette, roll, rotate, spin, turn, twirl, wheel, whirl
Words Related to revolve

coil, curl, curve, round, spiral, swirl, twine, twist, wind

circle, circulate, encircle, orbit, ring

pivot, swivel

3 to give serious and careful thought to

  • for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it
Synonyms of revolve

chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, ponder, pore (over), question, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with)
Words Related to revolve

muse (upon), reflect (on or upon), reminisce

analyze, explore, review

conclude, reason

second-guess, speculate (about)

brood (about or over), dwell (on or upon), fixate (on or upon), fret (about or over), obsess (about or over)

believe, conceive, opine

absorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in)
Phrases Synonymous with revolve

beat one's brains out (about), chew on, cudgel oneʼs brains (about), look at
Near Antonyms of revolve

disregard, ignore, overlook, slight

dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), reject

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