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1. turn
verb. ['ˈtɝːn'] change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.
Synonyms
- slew
- deflect
- pivot
- swing about
- divert
- corkscrew
- deviate
- pronate
- tip over
- port
- gee
- roll over
- roll
- swivel
- overturn
- circumvolve
- gyrate
- caracole
- turn on a dime
- avert
- about-face
- toss
- spread out
- corner
- splay
- turn around
- turn away
- move
- turn out
- spiral
- bend
- trend
- sheer
- flip over
- rotate
- veer
- slue
- cut
- turn off
- face
- twist
- flip
- turn over
- curve
- swing around
- swerve
- coil
Etymology
- turnen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- turnian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with U Turn
- unconcern
- concern
- upturn
- sauterne
- return
- new-bern
- mckern
- mcgurn
- laverne
- discern
- amburn
- alpern
- sturn
- stirn
- sterne
- stern
- stearne
- stearn
- spurn
- ohern
- o'hern
- ohearn
- o'hearn
- obyrne
- o'byrne
- o'beirne
- aherne
- ahern
- ahearn
- adjourn
2. turn
verb. ['ˈtɝːn'] undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.
Synonyms
- snuff it
- exit
- pop off
- tangle with
- get worse
- secularize
- resuscitate
- expire
- liberate
- lose weight
- overgrow
- cross-fertilise
- fit out
- dissolve
- change
- ionise
- drop dead
- garb
- change state
- Frenchify
- zonk out
- acidify
- catalyse
- buy the farm
- chill out
- conceive
- wake up
- equilibrate
- better
- liquefy
- basify
- boil
- thin
- prosper
- heat
- relax
- carburize
- conflagrate
- precipitate
- cool off
- sour
- loosen up
- alkalize
- conk
- garment
- carnify
- raiment
- die
- thicken
- coagulate
- pass
- pass out
- pass away
- habilitate
- cool
- discharge
- ionize
- calm down
- disengage
- get into
- citrate
- burn
- croak
- carbonize
- put on
- clabber
- go
- reduce
- simmer down
- empty
- chondrify
- emaciate
- burst forth
- become
- cloud over
- freeze
- slenderize
- denitrify
- break loose
- awaken
- cool down
- curdle
- break
- apparel
- hot up
- take up
- cool it
- revive
- etherify
- explode
- tense up
- dress
- inspissate
- flourish
- settle down
- fly high
- chill
- slow down
- relapse
- perish
- arouse
- come alive
- wake
- waken
- give-up the ghost
- fall
- clot
- calm
- react
- erupt
- kick the bucket
- decline
- emancipate
- cash in one's chips
- fade out
- choke
- carbonise
- enclothe
- gain
- unwind
- emulsify
- esterify
- slim down
- worsen
- homogenize
- secularise
- unbend
- ignite
- fill up
- combust
- cross-fertilize
- carburise
- tog
- ferment
- come to
- heat up
- integrate
- fade away
- open
- improve
- ossify
- shut
- catalyze
- melt off
- solvate
- catch fire
- take fire
- fluctuate
- slim
- work
- alkalise
- close
- ameliorate
- decompress
- black out
- open up
- alkalify
- awake
- fill
- concentrate
- homogenise
- grow
- decease
- get
- thrombose
- clothe
- be born
- coke
- acetify
- sorb
- meliorate
- thrive
- calcify
Antonyms
Etymology
- turnen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- turnian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. turn
verb. ['ˈtɝːn'] undergo a change or development.
Synonyms
Etymology
- turnen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- turnian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. turn
verb. ['ˈtɝːn'] change to the contrary.
Synonyms
- right
- commute
- tack
- exchange
- switch over
- transmogrify
- permute
- change by reversal
- falsify
- deconsecrate
- interchange
- retrovert
- change
- return
- desecrate
- alternate
- correct
- undo
- reverse
- transfigure
- turn the tide
- regress
- turn the tables
- commutate
- desynchronize
- flip-flop
- switch
- revert
- transpose
- flip
- turn back
- metamorphose
- desynchronise
- unhallow
Antonyms
Etymology
- turnen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- turnian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. turn
verb. ['ˈtɝːn'] cause to move around or rotate.
Antonyms
Etymology
- turnen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- turnian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. turn
noun. ['ˈtɝːn'] a circular segment of a curve.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- turnen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- turnian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. turn
noun. ['ˈtɝːn'] the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.
Synonyms
Etymology
- turnen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- turnian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. turn
verb. ['ˈtɝːn'] pass to the other side of.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- turnen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- turnian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. turn
verb. ['ˈtɝːn'] pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- turnen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- turnian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
