TURNS OUT Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

turns out

verb

present tense third-person singular of turn out

as in rolls out

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in cleans

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in outs

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in proves

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of turns out Paris’s Palais de Tokyo will close for repairs in July 2027, necessitating a temporary move to a location that turns out to be hotly contested, French daily Libération reports. — News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026 But when researchers look closely at the friendships that actually make it from young adulthood into midlife and beyond, longevity turns out to be less about the past and more about a couple of ongoing, almost unglamorous behaviors. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 But what happens when the CEO of a platform for ticket resellers turns out to be one himself? — Diane Brady, Fortune, 27 July 2026 If the film turns out to be as good as this trailer, Cruise (and Iñárritu) might be looking at another Oscar nomination. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026 This turns out to be a parable about the long and winding road that runs from mere hypotheses through lab results and real-world data, and then on to solid truth. — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026 But if and when that dress turns out to be just one of the outfits for a documentary that goes to the highest bidder, the wedding good vibes will curdle just a little. — Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 On the way to the oyster farm, Luke asks about a ring Joy is wearing, which turns out to be from an engagement that ended badly. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026 Though Stinky Pete turns out to be a ne'er-do-well, Jessie is a valuable new pal who reveals her own trauma from being donated by her kid. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for turns out

Verb

Flexibility is also a raison d’être for the Shed, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Associates, though the most visible transformation is the quilted canopy that rolls out to cover the plaza out front.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
As Google rolls out the technology to other firms, watermarks are quickly becoming fragmented.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026

Definition of rolls out

Verb

Weakened by kidney failure, Karam is unable to work and is tethered 12 hours a day to the machine that cleans the toxins from his blood.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Dawn Dishwashing Liquid Best soap in the world—cleans dishes and windows, pretreats laundry, and unclogs toilets.

— Chris Kelly, New Yorker, 28 July 2026

Definition of cleans

Verb

Denny Hamlin, who was born in nearby Tampa, chases the best finish of his 21-year career.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 July 2026
The Textbook Case The R&D tax credit rewards work that chases something new or improved, leans on real engineering, begins with technical uncertainty and resolves it through experimentation.

— Anna Meadows, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of chases

Verb

Warsh, conversely, advocates for the Fed to be more opaque, a strategy the author dismisses as misguided.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
One automatically ascribes fraud to results that are often predictable, even routine; the other dismisses legitimate concerns as conspiracy theories.

— Andrew E. Busch, The Conversation, 23 July 2026