About-face Synonyms

ə-boutfās
A major change in attitude or principle or point of view
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. reversal
  2. volte-face
  3. about-turn
  4. switch
  5. turnabout
  6. policy change
  7. flip-flop
  8. change
  9. 180 degree turn
  10. overturning
  11. repeal
  12. retraction
  13. naturalization
  14. turnaround
  15. u-turn
  16. change-over
  17. re-formation
  18. reconversion
  19. right-about
  20. right-about-face
  21. retroversion
  22. switch-over
To turn sharply around
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. double
  2. reverse

About-face Sentence Examples

  • Nothing short of an encounter with the risen Christ has remotely explained his major about-face.

  • After saying the ward would not be closed health bosses then did an about-face.

  • Nevertheless, the present south Korean authorities made about-face to our sincerity and concocted the " sunshine policy " .

  • The philosophy of ' getting more ' is one which Graeme Chalklin likes to turn about-face, and direct toward his suppliers.

  • That would be an admission that Airbus ' strategy is seriously flawed and needs a radical about-face.

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