Synonyms of turning away

turning away

verb

present participle of turn away

as in turning back

to drive back

using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• turning back
• repulsing
• repelling
• fending (off)
• resisting
• beating off
• staving off
• fighting
• standing off
• rebutting
• holding off
• warding (off)
• opposing
• deflecting
• withstanding
• defying
• spurning
• rebuffing
• snubbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• embracing
• welcoming
• hailing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turning away

The market distress peaked in 2024 with State Farm and Farmers announcing plans to drop tens of thousands of customers, and other major insurers turning away all new customers. — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

This is not true; no technology or social evolution is inevitable, and even some young people are already turning away from them. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Almost half of traders, portfolio managers and strategists in a recent Bloomberg poll support wearing shorts to work, but men in Silicon Valley are turning away from the look of the scruffy tech genius in shorts and flip-flops. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

Slightly turning away from the camera, Schiffer revealed that the back of her bikini top was held together with the netting. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

But with burnout on the rise in health care, many clinicians are turning away students. — Colleen Connolly, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026

Programs like the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, which funded over 100 companies, two-thirds of them small businesses, while turning away over 300, illustrate that fierce, Darwinian competition is both inevitable and healthy in this sector. — Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

The construction activity prompted protests in and around the national park, and local businesses have been turning away federal contractors who are working on the project. — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

At present, prison abolitionists have demanded new conditions for addressing racial capital, turning away from the brutal system of punitive measures to a framework of racial repair. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026