Synonyms of turnabouts

turnabouts

noun

plural of turnabout

as in reversals

a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite

employees regarded the latest turnabout as a sure sign that management hadn't a clue as to what it was doing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reversals
• about-faces
• turnarounds
• changes of heart
• U-turns
• flip-flops
• about-turns
• volte-faces
• denials
• vacillations
• hesitations
• switcheroos
• indecisions
• disavowals
• renunciations
• recantations
• retractions
• reconsiderations
• irresolutions
• wobblings
• second thoughts
• disownments
• repudiations
• bait and switches
• retreats
• disaffirmances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turnabouts

The market’s message is often beguiling and inscrutable, with frequent overshoots and crowd-humiliating turnabouts that would be so satisfying to see coming in advance. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

So why, Ghosh wonders, are such rapid turnabouts so rarely present in the genre? — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026