TURNED OUT Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

turned out

verb

past tense of turn out

as in rolled out

to leave one's bed we turn out early on workdays

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as in cleaned

to remove the dirt from it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over

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as in dismissed

to drive or force out angrily turned their adult son out of their home for using drugs

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as in proved

to come to be everything will turn out fine in the end

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Recent Examples of turned out This turned out to be a formidable weapon for Democrats, many of whom made energy costs central to their campaigns. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026 Among those who turned out to celebrate Arjona were Brittany Snow, Jessica Alba, Marta Pozzan, Natalia Bryant, Julianne Hough, Shay Mitchell, Zoey Deutch and Yara Shahidi, with Deutch and Shahidi both past recipients of the award. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026 That stint turned out to be the best stretch of the night for the Knicks. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 Anthem, the studio’s attempt at a live-service open-world shooter, turned out more ambitious than engaging for most and was recently shuttered for good well after plans for a sweeping overhaul were aborted. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 Trump carried by about 34 percentage points in the last presidential election, some Republican and independents turned out for Hamilton. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Oklahoma State University, which took over testing, had a strong lead this year, and a DNA packet sent to a possible relative turned out to be a match, said Rouse, the coroner. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026 In a phone interview, L'Anse Creuse Superintendent Keith Howell said that principals have to make decisions all the time about how to manage situations, and that last Friday night turned out well because of the revision to the first notice. — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Video review determined the fan did interfere, the play was scored an RBI double for Volpe but the run that did not turned out to be the difference. — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned out

Verb

Amid that uncertainty, athlete financing firm Sure Sports has rolled out a new product to help bridge that gap.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2026
This was all thanks, as Oz put it, to TrumpRx, a new prescription-drug website that the Administration had rolled out.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of rolled out

Verb

The apartments Svetlana cleaned belonged to people in their thirties who didn’t seem to leave the house much—there was trash from Amazon and Uber Eats everywhere.

— Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Some blankets can only be spot-cleaned, while others have removable, washable covers that can be laundered with everything else.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of cleaned

Verb

Women’s stories, especially those focused on their desires, have historically been dismissed as unserious, but romance has always had a huge, loyal readership.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Five other felonies were dismissed by prosecutors as part of the plea agreement.

— Logan Smith, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of dismissed

Verb

The Rams showed life at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second, and that ultimately proved enough for a 24-9 victory in front of 73,621.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
My joyride with the Pro R Boost proved this rig offers no better out-of-the-box performance experience for the money.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of proved

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Early exit Maryland defensive back Dontay Joyner took another twist Saturday when he was ejected for a flagrant personal foul just 96 seconds into the game.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Last month, a 42-year-old man fell to his death at Six Flags Over Georgia after being ejected from a roller coaster.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of ejected

Verb

Similarly, Mace fell out with the president after the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, with the congresswoman saying his legacy had been wiped out and that he should be held accountable for the attack.

— Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
The prior week’s top two shows, Below and Carrie, both fell out of the overall top 10 in their third weeks but remained on the original series chart.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of fell out

Verb

Hagens, in obvious pain, got up slowly and made his way to the bench.

— Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026
In between the dinner of chicken pot pie — the long-standing dinner tradition at the CFDA Awards —and the accolades, guests got up and mixed and mingled among the tables underneath the life-sized, 94-foot-long, 21,000-pound giant blue whale.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026