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turn

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of turn

1 a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure
  • would you care to take a turn around the garden?
Synonyms of turn

amble, constitutional, perambulation, ramble, range, saunter, stroll, walk, wander
Words Related to turn

parade, paseo, promenade

expedition, hike, march, peregrination, traipse, tramp, travel, traversal, traverse, trek, trip, walkabout

excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, sally, sashay, spin, tour

pilgrimage, progress, safari
2 an act of kind assistance
  • one good turn deserves another
Synonyms of turn

benevolence, boon, courtesy, favor, grace, indulgence, kindness, mercy, service
Words Related to turn

dispensation, waiver

advantage, benefit, blessing, godsend, manna

liberty, license (or licence), privilege
Near Antonyms of turn

hindrance, hurdle, impediment, interference, obstacle
3 a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
  • an adventurous turn of mind that led him toward more physical activities like biking and skateboarding
Synonyms of turn

affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency
Words Related to turn

favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice

endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent

addiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, taste

forte, speciality, specialty

convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, trick, way, wont

eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity
Near Antonyms of turn

allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, distaste

detachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivity

apathy, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern
4 something that curves or is curved
  • right after this turn in the road you'll find the antiques shop on the right
Synonyms of turn

angle, arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curvature, curve, inflection, wind
Words Related to turn

kink, warp

circle, ring, ringlet, round

coil, curl, curlicue (also curlycue)

buckle, convolution, flexure, fold, loop, spiral, swirl, twist, winding

incurvature, reflection

decline, inclination, incline, slope

corner, turnoff

dogleg, hairpin
5 a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder
  • a sudden turn of dizziness that may have been brought on by a change in her medication
Synonyms of turn

access, attack, bout, case, fit, seizure, siege, spell
Words Related to turn

recurrence, relapse

brainstorm, convulsion, eclampsia, pang, paroxysm, spasm, throe

agitation, frenzy

breakdown, collapse, prostration
Near Antonyms of turn

arrest, relief, remission
6 a performance regularly presented by an individual or group
  • between the show's two major musical acts, there was a short turn by a juggling troupe
Synonyms of turn

act, bit, number, routine, shtick (also schtick)
Words Related to turn

signature

turn

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of turn

1 to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
  • turned the doorknob as quietly as possible
Synonyms of turn

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

screw, unscrew

twiddle

coil, crank, reel, wind

circulate
2 to change the course or direction of (something)
  • the dog turned the stampeding flock of sheep around
  • he turned his cart uphill
Synonyms of turn

deflect, divert, redirect, swing, veer, wheel, whip
Words Related to turn

avert, deviate, move, rechannel, shift, shunt, sidetrack, swerve, switch, transfer

swivel, twist, whirl, zigzag

bend, curve, sway

reverse, turn back
3 to change one's course or direction
  • we turned left at the light
  • the storm unexpectedly turned south and missed our area
Synonyms of turn

detour, deviate, diverge, sheer, swerve, swing, turn off, veer, wheel
Words Related to turn

tack, zigzag

double (back), turn back
4 to eventually have as a state or quality
  • will turn 12 in six months
Synonyms of turn

become, come, get, go, grow, run, wax
Words Related to turn

alter, change, metamorphose, modify, mutate, transfigure, transform, transmute
Near Antonyms of turn

abide, be, continue, linger, remain, stay
5 to move in circles around an axis or center
  • the wheels turned, but the car was hopelessly stuck and wasn't moving
Synonyms of turn

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

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

circle, circulate, encircle, orbit, ring

pivot, swivel
6 to give serious and careful thought to
  • turned the question every which way but could find no answer
Synonyms of turn

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

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 turn

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

disregard, ignore, overlook, slight

dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), reject
7 to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)
  • what we do next turns on your answer to the following question
Synonyms of turn

depend, hang, hinge, ride
Words Related to turn

base, establish, found, rest, stay

ground
8 to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around
  • all the new information made his head turn
Synonyms of turn

reel, spin, swim, whirl
Words Related to turn

swirl
Near Antonyms of turn

calm, collect

settle, steady
9 to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge
  • he did his best to turn his new friends against his ex-wife
Synonyms of turn

bias, poison, prejudice
Words Related to turn

dispose, incline, predispose

influence, prepossess

convince, persuade, suggest

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