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Revolve synonyms
rĭ-vŏlv'
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spin
To relate or create:
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  1. To relate or create:
  2. To spin thread or yarn
  3. To whirl or rotate swiftly
rotate
To cause to turn on an axis or center.
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  1. To cause to turn on an axis or center.
  2. To plant or grow (crops) in a fixed order of succession.
  3. To turn around or cause to turn around a center point or axis; revolve
twirl
To twist or coil
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  1. To twist or coil
  2. To rotate rapidly; spin
  3. To move or spin around rapidly, suddenly, or repeatedly:
circle
A closed curve whose points are all on the same plane and at the same distance from a fixed point (the center).
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  1. A closed curve whose points are all on the same plane and at the same distance from a fixed point (the center).
  2. To go around in a circle; revolve
  3. To move in a circle.
gyrate
To revolve around a fixed point or axis.
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  1. To revolve around a fixed point or axis.
  2. To move in a spiral or spirallike course.
  3. To move in a circular or spiral path; rotate or revolve on an axis; whirl
orbit
To put into an orbit, as a satellite is put into orbit around the Earth.
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  1. To put into an orbit, as a satellite is put into orbit around the Earth.
  2. To move in an orbit around another body.
  3. To move in an orbit or circle
rotate
To go or cause to go in a regular and recurring succession of changes; take, or cause to take, turns
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  1. To go or cause to go in a regular and recurring succession of changes; take, or cause to take, turns
  2. To turn around or cause to turn around a center point or axis; revolve
  3. To cause to turn on an axis or center.
turn
To present in a specified direction by rotating or pivoting:
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  1. To present in a specified direction by rotating or pivoting:
  2. To change the position of so that the underside becomes the upper side:
  3. To divert or deflect:
wheel
To cause to turn, revolve, or rotate
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  1. To cause to turn, revolve, or rotate
  2. To roll or move on or as if on wheels or a wheel.
  3. To turn on or as on an axis; pivot, rotate, revolve, etc.
chew on
(Idiomatic) to consider, to ponder
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  1. (Idiomatic) to consider, to ponder
cogitate
To think seriously and deeply (about); ponder; meditate; consider
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  1. To think seriously and deeply (about); ponder; meditate; consider
consider
To think or deem to be; regard as:
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  1. To think or deem to be; regard as:
  2. To show consideration for:
  3. To regard as; think to be
contemplate
To look at attentively and thoughtfully:
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  1. To look at attentively and thoughtfully:
  2. To consider carefully and at length; meditate on or ponder:
  3. To think about intently; study carefully
deliberate
To think or consider carefully and fully; esp., to consider reasons for and against a thing in order to make up one's mind
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  1. To think or consider carefully and fully; esp., to consider reasons for and against a thing in order to make up one's mind
  2. To consider (a matter) carefully and often slowly, as by weighing alternatives.
  3. To consider carefully
entertain
To hold the attention of (someone) with something amusing or diverting.
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  1. To hold the attention of (someone) with something amusing or diverting.
  2. To give hospitality to guests
  3. To allow oneself to think about; have in mind; consider
excogitate
To contrive, devise, or invent by such thought
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  1. To contrive, devise, or invent by such thought
  2. To consider or think (something) out carefully and thoroughly.
meditate
To engage in meditation regarding (a religious mystery, for example).
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  1. To engage in meditation regarding (a religious mystery, for example).
  2. To engage in focused thought on scriptural passages or on particular doctrines or mysteries of a religion, especially Christianity.
  3. To think deeply and continuously; reflect; muse
mull
To ruminate; ponder:
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  1. To ruminate; ponder:
  2. To heat and spice (wine, for example).
  3. To think about extensively; ponder.
muse
To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in thought.
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  1. To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in thought.
  2. To consider or say thoughtfully:
  3. To think or say meditatively
ponder
To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care.
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  1. To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care.
  2. To think about (something) with thoroughness and care.
  3. To weigh mentally; think deeply about; consider carefully
reflect
(Intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
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  1. (Intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
  2. To give something back, as light or sound:
  3. To think seriously.
ruminate
To chew (the cud), as a cow does
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  1. To chew (the cud), as a cow does
  2. To reflect on over and over again.
  3. To turn (something) over in the mind; meditate (on)
study
To give attention, thought, or consideration to
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  1. To give attention, thought, or consideration to
  2. To perform a study of; investigate:
  3. To read (a book, lesson, etc.) so as to know and understand it
think
To consider or weigh an idea:
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  1. To consider or weigh an idea:
  2. To allow oneself to consider
  3. To reason about or reflect on; ponder:
think over
(Idiomatic) To ponder or reflect on a subject.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To ponder or reflect on a subject.
think through
To fully consider an action, and understand all its consequences.
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  1. To fully consider an action, and understand all its consequences.
turn over
(Sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
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  1. (Sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
  2. To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
  3. Used other than as an idiom: see turn,"Ž over.
weigh
(Naut.) weigh anchor (see phrase under anchor)
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  1. (Naut.) weigh anchor (see phrase under anchor)
  2. To balance or ponder in the mind; consider in order to make a choice
  3. To consider and choose carefully
thoughts (related)
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    Find another word for revolve. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for revolve, like: spin, rotate, twirl, orbit, turn, circle, circumvolve, gyrate, orbit, rotate and turn.

    Sentence Examples

    • He did not succeed in making the wire or the magnet revolve on its own axis.

    • The first great fact to be noticed is that the planets revolve around the sun in the same direction.

    • It followed that when the gun was elevated or depressed, the rack caused the pinion to revolve, and the sight was thus raised or lowered to the proper height to fulfil the conditions given above; but, as Colonel Watkin said, owing to want of level of platform and other causes it was not satisfactory.

    • Again, any plane w is the locus of a system of null-lines meeting in a point, called the null-point of c. If a plane revolve about a fixed straight line p in it, its ntill-point describes another straight line p, which is called the conjugate line of p. We have seen that the wrench may be replaced by two forces, one of which may act in any arbitrary line p. It is now evident that the second force must act in the conjugate line p, since every line meeting p, p is a null-line.

    • This consists of a cast-iron pan having a shallow cylindrical bottom holding mercury, in which a wooden muller, nearly of the same shape as the inside of the pan, and armed below with several projecting blades, is made to revolve by gearing wheels.

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