TURNS OUT Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

turns out

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present tense third-person singular of turn out

as in rolls out

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

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as in cleans

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

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as in outs

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

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as in proves

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

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Recent Examples of turns out This turns out to be why Mac was taken in the first place, as well as why the Dowager Governess is willing to rip the world open in order to be reunited with her own child. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 Who knows how different that postseason turns out without that combination? — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 The much more likely outcome is that AI turns out to be, on the scale of the whole species, one of the best things that ever happened to us. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 In about 90% of those cases, the finding turns out to be benign. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026 An on-site kitchen produces tamales and daily and weekend specials like barbacoa and menudo, while the in-house bakery turns out bolillos, pan dulce and other Hispanic breads and pastries. — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026 And the finger turns out to be a rather good place to put them. — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026 But when her character — saucy British writer Constance Clavinger — turns out to be a handful (getting drunk at the airport bar, for starters), Homer struggles to get her to the school on time. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026 One target has a disability; another turns out to be a rabbi, who responds to his confrontation with suitably Talmudic indignation. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for turns out

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Europe rolls out the welcome mat Europe’s governments and institutions are eager to court America’s disaffected researchers.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Traders should be prepared for volatility as the Fed rolls out its decision on rates this Wednesday, Woods said.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of rolls out

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That same dock features Vortex Wash, which automatically cleans the robot’s dirty wiping pads in about a minute.

— Matthew Huff, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
And still, that is just unplugging as tourism, not unlike visiting a spa with a raw-vegan menu and daily yoga classes or attending a writers retreat that brings you breakfast in a basket every morning and someone who cleans your room.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of cleans

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When Schaesta Ama outs him and kicks him out of their home, Payam comes to Mansur’s aide (albeit temporarily) but does not invite him up into his caste for more than an afternoon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
At first the killer is revealed to be Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), and Wadsworth outs himself as FBI.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of outs

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The pain of this story lies squarely in the past, and Lee, who wrote the script with Oh Jung-mi, proves more willing than usual to bridge the gap between then and now.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
This woman couldn't point to one place in the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, or the Declaration of Independence that proves her claim that males have the right to compete in women's sports or use women's restrooms.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of proves

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Six such accounts make up the series as Hojo chases the truth behind them.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
For anyone who grinds fresh every morning and chases single-origin lots, online talk about mold and mycotoxins in coffee tends to raise a practical question about how the stuff gets onto beans in the first place.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of chases

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If your team is afraid to name real weaknesses, or if leadership dismisses uncomfortable truths, the analysis won’t do what it’s meant to do.

— Nancy Padberg, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Risks, but not existential ones Not everyone dismisses the risk quite so bluntly, though.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026