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turn

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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 one's 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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