| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolution, curving |
Synonyms: |
about-face, angle, bend, bias, bow, branch, change, changeabout, circle, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, corner, curve, cycle, departure, detour, deviation, direction, drift, flection, flexure, fork, gyration, gyre, heading, hook, pirouette, pivot, quirk, retroversion, reversal, reverse, reversion, right-about, roll, rotation, round, shift, spin, spiral, swing, tack, tendency, trend, turnabout, turning, twist, twisting, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, yaw |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden change |
Synonyms: |
alteration, bend, branch, crotch, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, distortion, divarication, double, fork, modification, mutation, shift, tack, twist, variation, warp, yaw |
Antonyms: |
stagnation |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance, opportunity |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, act, action, bit, bout, crack*, deed, favor, fling*, gesture, go around, go*, move, period, round, routine, say*, service, shift, shot*, spell, stint, succession, time, tour, trick, try |
Antonyms: |
failure, miss |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | walk, outing |
Synonyms: |
airing, circuit, constitutional, drive, excursion, jaunt, promenade, ramble, ride, saunter, spin, stroll |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aptitude, knack |
Synonyms: |
affinity, aptness, bent, bias, bump, disposition, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, inclination, leaning, predisposition, propensity, talent |
Antonyms: |
inability |
| 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: | revolve, curve |
Synonyms: |
arc, bend, circle, circulate, circumduct, come around, corner, cut, eddy, go around, go round, ground, gyrate, gyre, hang a left, hang a right, incline, loop, make a left, make a right, move in a circle, negotiate, orbit, oscillate, pass, pass around, pirouette, pivot, roll, rotate, round, spin, sway, swing, swivel, take a bend, twirl, twist, vibrate, weave, wheel, whirl, wind, yaw |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reverse; change course |
Synonyms: |
about-face, aim, alter, alternate, backslide, call off, capsize, change, change position, convert, curve, depart, detour, detract, deviate, digress, direct, diverge, double back, face about, go back, incline, inverse, invert, loop, move, pivot, rechannel, recoil, redirect, regress, relapse, retrace, return, revert, sheer, shift, shunt, shy away, sidetrack, subvert, sway, swerve, swing, swirl, switch, tack, transform, twist, upset, vary, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adapt, fit |
Synonyms: |
alter, become, change, change into, come, convert, divert, fashion, form, get, go, grow into, metamorphose, modify, mold, mutate, pass into, put, refashion, remake, remodel, render, run, shape, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, vary, wax |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become sour or tainted |
Synonyms: |
acidify, become rancid, break down, crumble, curdle, decay, decompose, disintegrate, dull, ferment, go bad, molder, putrefy, rot, sour, spoil, taint |