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| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolution, curving |
| Synonyms: | about-face, angle, bend, bias, bow, branch, change, circle, circuit, circulation, corner, curve, cycle, departure, detour, deviation, direction, drift, fork, heading, hook, pivot, quirk, reversal, reverse, reversion, roll, rotation, round, shift, spin, spiral, swing, tack, tendency, trend, turnabout, twist, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, yaw, changeabout, circumvolution, flection, flexure, gyration, gyre, pirouette, retroversion, right-about, turning, twisting |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve, curve |
| Synonyms: | arc, bend, circle, circulate, corner, cut, eddy, ground, gyrate, incline, loop, negotiate, orbit, oscillate, pass, pivot, roll, rotate, round, spin, sway, swing, swivel, twirl, twist, vibrate, weave, wheel, whirl, wind, yaw, circumduct, come around, go around, go round, gyre, hang a left, hang a right, make a left, make a right, move in a circle, pass around, pirouette, take a bend |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden change |
| Synonyms: | alteration, bend, branch, crotch, departure, detour, deviation, digression, distortion, double, fork, modification, mutation, shift, tack, twist, variation, warp, yaw, deflection, divarication |
| Antonyms: | stagnation |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reverse; change course |
| Synonyms: | about-face, aim, alter, alternate, backslide, call off, capsize, change, convert, curve, depart, detour, detract, deviate, digress, direct, diverge, double back, go back, incline, inverse, invert, loop, move, pivot, recoil, regress, relapse, retrace, return, revert, sheer, shift, sidetrack, subvert, sway, swerve, swing, swirl, switch, tack, transform, twist, upset, vary, veer, wheel, whip, whirl, zigzag, change position, face about, rechannel, redirect, shunt, shy away, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance, opportunity |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, bit, bout, crack*, deed, favor, fling*, gesture, go*, move, period, round, routine, say*, service, shift, shot*, spell, stint, succession, time, tour, trick, try, go around* |
| Antonyms: | failure, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adapt, fit |
| Synonyms: | alter, become, change, come, convert, divert, fashion, form, get, go, metamorphose, modify, mold, mutate, put, remodel, render, run, shape, transform, translate, transpose, vary, wax, change into, grow into, pass into, refashion, remake, transfigure, transmute |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | walk, outing |
| Synonyms: | circuit, constitutional, drive, excursion, jaunt, promenade, ramble, ride, saunter, spin, stroll, airing |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become sour or tainted |
| Synonyms: | crumble, curdle, decay, decompose, disintegrate, dull, ferment, molder, putrefy, rot, sour, spoil, taint, acidify, become rancid, break down, go bad |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aptitude, knack |
| Synonyms: | affinity, bent, bias, bump, disposition, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, inclination, leaning, predisposition, propensity, talent, aptness |
| Antonyms: | inability |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use; resort to |
| Synonyms: | address, appeal, apply, approach, be predisposed to, bend, devote, direct, employ, favor, give, go, have recourse, incline, lend, look, prefer, recur, repair, run, tend, throw, turn one's energies to, turn one's hand to, undertake, utilize |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scare |
| Synonyms: | attack, blow, fit, fright, jolt, seizure, shock, spell, start, surprise |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sicken |
| Synonyms: | derange, discompose, disgust, disorder, nauseate, revolt, unbalance, undo, unhinge*, unsettle, upset, make one sick |
| Antonyms: | make well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change one's mind; defect |
| Synonyms: | desert, go over, influence, persuade, prejudice, rat*, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, tergiversate, apostatize, bring round, change sides, prevail upon, talk into, tergiverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist a body part |
| Synonyms: | bruise, crick, dislocate, hurt, sprain, strain, wrench |
| Main Entry: | about-face |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete change |
| Synonyms: | 180 degree turn, change, double, repeal, retraction, reversal, reverse, switch, turn, turnabout, u-turn, change in direction, changeabout, doubleback, overturning, policy change, turnaround, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | alteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, correction, difference, exchange, fixing, flip-flop*, metamorphosis, modification, mutation, reformation, remodeling, revision, shift, switch, transformation, transmutation, turn, variance, variation, diversification, mid-course correction, reshaping, switch-over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thwart; avoid by turning away |
| Synonyms: | avoid, deflect, deter, divert, fend off, foil, forestall, frustrate, halt, preclude, prevent, rule out, stave off, turn, look away, shove aside, shunt, turn aside, turn away, ward off |
| Notes: | avert means 'prevent, turn away' and avoid means 'stay clear of, shun' overt means apparent or open to view or plain or public; avert means to prevent or turn away |
| Antonyms: | aid, help |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve |
| Synonyms: | angle, arc, bending, bow, corner, crook, curvature, deviation, hook, lean, loop, round, sag, shift, tack, tilt, turn, twist, yaw, zigzag, curvation, deflection, flection, flexure |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination; talent |
| Synonyms: | ability, aim, aptitude, bag*, disposition, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, knack, leaning, mind-set*, nose, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, set, tack, tendency, tilt, turn, druthers, head-set, inclining, thing for, weakness for |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buckle down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
| Synonyms: | address, apply oneself, attend to, bend, concentrate on, dedicate oneself to, devote oneself to, exert oneself, get serious, give, give oneself over to, keep close to, keep one's mind on, knuckle down, launch into, occupy oneself with, pitch in, plunge into, put one's hand to the plow, put one's nose to the grindstone, set to, swing into action, take the bull by the horns, throw, turn |
| Antonyms: | be lazy, ignore, relax |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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