REVOLVED Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

revolved

verb

past tense of revolve

as in rotated

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

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as in spun

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

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as in pondered

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

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Recent Examples of revolved Mark had hired a photographer and revolved the engagement around a special place close to both his and Jess' hearts, so postponing the proposal wouldn't do anyone any favors. —

Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026 Leonard Cohen had a house there, one of 100 in the world that revolved on a motor. —

Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026 This year, Rolex is celebrating 100 years of the Oyster, the watch—or watch case, to be more precise—that quietly remains the hub around which the brand’s line-up has revolved for a full century. —

Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026 While Orbán’s campaign this year revolved mostly around foreign policy and his relations with world leaders, Magyar’s was rigidly focused on domestic issues, such as the economy and corruption. —

Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026 Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley will return as Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery, the respective super-powered actor and ex-terrorist-thespian around which the show revolved. —

Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026 City records going back to 2017, released to The Bee, in August show Karl Lysinger’s problems with the city revolved initially around his refusal to buy its water. —

Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025 Beyond just apartments, the conversation in many races revolved — and diverged — around candidates’ attitudes toward growth in general. —

Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025 During every storm, a sunspot had revolved into position near the apparent center of the solar surface, like the turret of a battleship lining up its target. —

Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025

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With Thompson out, Locke and Malik Hooker worked as first-team safeties, while Markquese Bell, Zion Childress and Alijah Clark rotated in with the second team.

— Nick Harris June 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
Deploying Big Carl, the engineers lifted the 42-foot (13 m) RPV inside the reactor building, where it was rotated to a vertical position by a large internal polar crane and then lowered onto a support ring.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026