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pivot - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | pivot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center point about which something |
| Synonyms: | axle, center, focal point, heart, hinge, hub, shaft, spindle, swivel, turning point, fulcrum, kingpin, revolves axis |
| Antonyms: | exterior, outside, exteriority |
| Main Entry: | pivot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve around center point |
| Synonyms: | depend, hang, hinge, rely, rotate, sheer, spin, swivel, turn, twirl, veer, wheel, whip, whirl, be contingent, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | axis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point around which something revolves |
| Synonyms: | axle, hinge, pivot, pole, shaft, spindle, stalk, stem, support, turning point, arbor |
| Main Entry: | axle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaft around which wheels rotate |
| Synonyms: | axis, pin, pivot, pole, rod, shaft, spindle, stalk, stem, support, arbor, gudgeon, mandrel |
| Notes: | axel is the figure-skating jump; axle is the pin or rod between two wheels |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, circumnavigate |
| Synonyms: | belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, loop, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, begird, circumduct, ensphere, gyre, hem in, mill around, wind about |
| Main Entry: | core |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center, gist |
| Synonyms: | amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, mass, meat*, meat and potatoes*, middle, midst, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot, main idea, midpoint, nitty gritty |
| Antonyms: | covering, exterior, outside, perimeter, surface, exteriority |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce off; turn aside |
| Synonyms: | avert, bend, curve, deviate, disperse, diverge, divert, fend, hook, parry, pivot, ricochet, sheer, shy, sidetrack, slip, swerve, twist, veer, wheel, whip, whirl, wind, cover up, glance off, hold off, keep off, slew, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | hinge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be contingent on |
| Synonyms: | depend, hang, pend, pivot, rest, turn, turn on, be subject to, be undecided, revolve around, stand on |
| Main Entry: | hub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center, focal point |
| Synonyms: | core, focus, heart, middle, nerve center*, pivot, seat, polestar |
| Antonyms: | exterior, outside, exteriority |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nucleus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | core; basis for something's |
| Synonyms: | center, crux, embryo, focus, foundation, germ, heart, hub, kernel, matter, nub, pivot, premise, principle, seed, spark, beginning bud |
| Antonyms: | exterior, outside, exteriority |
| Main Entry: | oscillate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change back and forth |
| Synonyms: | dangle, flicker, fluctuate, lurch, palpitate, pitch, pivot, reel, ripple, rock, roll, seesaw, stagger, sway, swing, switch, swivel, teeter, thrash, toss, totter, undulate, vacillate, vary, vibrate, waddle, wag, waggle, waltz, wave, waver, whirl, wiggle, wobble, be unsteady, fishtail, librate, pendulate, teeter-totter |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | swing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move back and forth; be suspended |
| Synonyms: | avert, away, curve, dangle, deflect, divert, flap, fluctuate, hang, lurch, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pivot, reel, revolve, rock, roll, rotate, sheer, suspend, sway, swerve, swivel, turn, twirl, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, wag, waggle, wave, wheel, whirl, wiggle, wobble, be pendent, pendulate, shunt, turn about, turn on an axis, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | swivel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spin around axis |
| Synonyms: | hinge, pivot, revolve, rotate, turn, whirl, pirouette, swing around |
| Main Entry: | teeter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wobble back and forth |
| Synonyms: | balance, dangle, falter, flutter, lurch, pivot, quiver, reel, rock, seesaw, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, topple, totter, tremble, waver, weave, wiggle, teeter-totter, tremble precariously |
| Antonyms: | stabilize, steady |
| Main Entry: | turning point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical juncture |
| Synonyms: | axis, change, climax, contingency, crisis, critical mass, critical point, crossing, crossroads, crunch, crux, culmination, cusp, defining moment, development, emergency, exigency, high noon, hinge, juncture, moment of truth*, moment of truth, nexus, pass, peak, pinch, pivot, point of no return, shift, strait, transition, twist, zero hour*, zero hour, climacteric, critical moment, critical period, crucial moment, crucial occurrence, crucial period, decisive moment, kairotic moment, peripeteia, pivotal moment, race against time, rising action, turn of the tide, when push comes to shove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | twirl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn around circularly |
| Synonyms: | gyrate, pivot, revolve, rotate, spin, turn, twist, wheel, whirl, wind, gyre, pirouette, purl, whirligig |
| Antonyms: | straight, untwirl, untwist |
| Main Entry: | veer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change direction |
| Synonyms: | avert, bear, bend, change, curve, cut, deflect, depart, deviate, digress, dip, divagate, diverge, divert, drift, pivot, sheer, shift, skew, skid, swerve, swing, swivel, tack, turn, twist, wheel, whip, whirl, angle off, be deflected, change course, get around, make a left, make a right, train off, volte-face |
| Antonyms: | stay, go direct |
| Main Entry: | wheel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circle, revolution |
| Synonyms: | circuit, circulation, cycle, disk, drum, hoop, pivot, pulley, ring, roll, rotation, round, spin, turn, twirl, whirl, caster, circumvolution, gyration, gyre, ratchet, roller, trolley |
| Main Entry: | wheel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn, rotate |
| Synonyms: | circle, gyrate, orbit, pivot, reel, revolve, roll, spin, swing, swivel, twirl, whirl, pirouette, trundle |
| Main Entry: | whirl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spin around |
| Synonyms: | circle, eddy, gyrate, pivot, reel, revolve, roll, rotate, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whir, gyre, pirouette, purl, swoosh, turn around |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
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