Synonyms of turns out

turns out

verb

present tense third-person singular of turn out

1

as in rolls out

to leave one's bed

we turn out early on workdays

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rolls out
• wakes
• gets up
• rises
• arises
• awakes
• uprises
• awakens
• stirs
• arouses
• bestirs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• beds (down)
• turns in
• retires
• drops off
• rests
• sleeps
• nods
• lies (down)
• dozes
• lies up
• naps
• snoozes
• slumbers
• settles
• perches
• flops (down)
• roosts
• reclines
• catnaps
• couches
• bunks
• dosses (down)

2

as in cleans

to remove the dirt from

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cleans
• wipes
• rinses
• deterges
• scrubs
• cleanses
• washes
• brushes
• GIs
• tidies
• purges
• purifies
• sweeps
• decontaminates
• combs
• straightens (up)
• mops
• dusts
• swabs
• disinfects
• brightens
• vacuums
• sanitizes
• picks up
• sponges
• launders
• scours
• shampoos
• freshens
• dry-cleans
• sweetens
• deodorizes
• mucks (out)
• spruces (up)
• unclutters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spots
• stains
• soils
• sullies
• dirties
• fouls
• besmirches
• taints
• muddies
• pollutes
• defiles
• begrimes
• discolors
• blackens

3

as in outs

to drive or force out

angrily turned their adult son out of their home for using drugs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• outs
• chases
• dismisses
• casts out
• ejects
• kicks out
• banishes
• boots (out)
• runs off
• throws out
• expels
• drums (out)
• removes
• turfs (out)
• reads out
• gives one the gate
• shuts out
• sends packing
• extrudes
• evicts
• sacks
• routs
• bounces
• ousts
• fires
• dispossesses
• exiles
• ostracizes
• deforces
• deports
• expatriates
• cans
• displaces
• axes
• musters out
• retires
• terminates
• defenestrates
• releases
• pink-slips
• discharges
• cashiers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receives
• takes
• admits
• takes in
• accepts
• welcomes
• shelters
• houses
• harbors
• entertains
• lodges

4

as in proves

to come to be

everything will turn out fine in the end

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proves
• comes out
• falls out
• evolves
• emerges
• shakes out
• develops
• pans out
• plays out
• unfolds
• works out
• germinates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turns out

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

Time for Tyler to make a perfectly reasonable assumption that quickly turns out to be very wrong. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026

The driver turns out to be a former co-worker of Ho-seok’s, and for initially unspecified reasons, refuses to take them. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, climate experts are asking if an El Niño turns out to be the strongest on record, as many forecast models suggest, what will a historically strong El Niño look like stacked on top of the planet’s unprecedented warming? — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

So when Alex rejects the author of a romantasy novel entitled The Goblin Seed that turns out to be a bestseller, all hell breaks loose. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026

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