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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: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance event |
| Synonyms: | adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, fluke*, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn, fortuity |
| Antonyms: | calculation, decision, decree, plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of a performance |
| Synonyms: | bit*, curtain, epilogue, gag*, introduction, number, piece, prologue, routine, scene, show, sketch, spot, turn, schtick |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devote effort to something |
| Synonyms: | dig, direct, give, go for*, take up, try, turn, undertake, apply oneself to, attend to, concentrate on, devote oneself to, engage in, focus on, go at*, hammer away, have a go at, have at*, knuckle down to, peg away, pitch into*, plug away at, take care of, throw oneself into, turn to |
| Antonyms: | avoid, cut, disregard, ignore, overlook, pass, shun, slight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, develop, diversify, doctor, metamorphose, modify, mutate, reconstruct, reform, remodel, renovate, revamp, revise, shift, transform, turn, vary, correct mid-course, dial back, fine tune, make different, phony up, recalibrate, recast, refashion, reshape, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, fix, keep, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain, let stand |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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