Synonyms of turning over

turning over

verb

present participle of turn over

1

as in relinquishing

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress

reluctantly turned the ship over to the first mate while he went below to try to stop the leak

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relinquishing
• rendering
• turning in
• surrendering
• delivering
• giving up
• laying down
• handing over
• coughing up
• yielding
• transferring
• ceding
• abandoning
• resigning
• committing
• parting (with)
• waiving
• releasing
• entrusting
• forfeiting
• consigning
• discarding
• renouncing
• shedding
• deserting
• forsaking
• abnegating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeping
• retaining
• withholding

2

as in leaving

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

turned the evidence over to the police

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaving
• handing
• transferring
• giving
• entrusting
• handing over
• delivering
• delegating
• giving over
• passing
• transmitting
• dealing (out)
• relinquishing
• recommending
• commending
• committing
• confiding
• granting
• trusting
• vesting
• reposing
• turning in
• consigning
• loaning
• submitting
• lending
• handing in
• distributing
• assigning
• dividing
• conferring
• handing on
• handing down
• dispensing
• bequeathing
• supplying
• furnishing
• dispersing
• yielding
• surrendering
• releasing
• willing
• advancing
• retransferring
• retransmitting
• redelivering
• recommitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• holding back
• receiving
• reserving
• possessing
• withholding
• taking in
• owning
• taking over
• accepting
• taking
• occupying
• detaining

3

as in turning turtle

to turn on one's side or upside down

don't try to tell me the bucket turned over all by itself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• turning turtle
• overturning
• capsizing
• collapsing
• upsetting
• falling
• keeling
• tumping (over)
• tilting
• toppling
• inverting
• overthrowing
• tipping
• leaning
• listing
• upending
• pitchpoling
• heeling
• oversetting
• careening
• foundering
• giving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• standing up
• straightening (up)
• raising
• righting
• erecting

4

as in flipping

to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing

would you mind turning the picture over so I can see if the backing needs to be replaced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flipping
• reversing
• inverting
• exchanging
• switching
• shifting
• overturning
• transposing
• interchanging
• upsetting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turning over

All of which is to say, Morgan needs to keep turning over stones. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026

What was His message in turning over the tables, besides showing His rudeness? — John Kenney, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026

Since the alliance of unions ratified their new contracts, both labor and Kaiser executives have signaled interest in turning over a new leaf. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 10 June 2026

Those leases were expiring, and the families could not afford to renew them, so Villanueva helped exhume the bodies, turning over the bones to a forensic pathologist who examined the remains and kept records for future use. — Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026

The Department of Justice sued Maryland and several other states for not turning over private voter rolls, which include personal information for millions of Maryland voters. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Ted Soqui / Pool via Getty Images Prosecutors noted that protocol prevents them from turning over the sensitive images, but that defense attorneys can view the data at a clean computer in the justice center. — Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026

Beginning in the mid-1990s, Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear agency, helped build the facility, subsequently administering it for years before turning over control to the Iranian regime. — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

The 30 year old allegedly went through the facility's south TSA security checkpoint without turning over any of his baggage, according to the allegations read by presiding judge Latrevia Kates-Johnson during Oloruntoba's bond hearing on Tuesday. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026