Turns Synonyms and Antonyms

A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. services
  2. watches
  3. tricks
  4. tours
  5. times
  6. stretches
  7. stints
  8. deeds
  9. spells
  10. shifts
  11. hitches
  12. goes
  13. accomplishments
  14. bouts
Antonyms:
  1. misses
  2. failures
*A shock
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. blows
  2. jolts
  3. frights
An unforeseen development
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. twists
  2. shifts
  3. changes
  4. emergencies
  5. tacks
  6. crises
  7. climaxes
  8. crossings
  9. junctures
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. circles
  2. rounds
  3. bits
  4. tours
  5. cycles
  6. rolls
  7. spins
  8. numbers
  9. orbits
  10. gyres
  11. acts
  12. circuits
  13. rotations
  14. bouts
  15. routines
  16. gyrations
A usually brief and regular journey on foot, especially for exercise
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. walks
  2. constitutionals
An innate capability
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gifts
  2. genii
  3. faculties
  4. talents
  5. knacks
  6. instincts
  7. head
  8. flairs
  9. bents
  10. aptitudes
Antonyms:
  1. inabilities
(game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. plays
  2. trends
  3. tendencies
  4. propensities
  5. proclivities
  6. partialities
  7. casts
  8. predispositions
  9. predilections
  10. penchants
  11. leanings
  12. dispositions
  13. bias
  14. bents
Circular movement around a point or about an axis
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. whirls
  2. wheels
  3. circuits
  4. rotations
  5. revolutions
  6. gyrations
To twist and turn, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. writhes
  2. tosses
  3. squirms
  4. agonizes
Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. grows
  2. transposes
  3. waxes
  4. remakes
  5. gets
  6. comes
  7. transmutes
To repel
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bends
  2. repulses
  3. deflects
  4. angles
To make use of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. utilizes
  2. varies
  3. modifies
  4. adapts
  5. changes
  6. alters
  7. applies
To break and turn over earth especially with a plow
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bends
  2. curves
  3. twists
  4. plows
  5. rounds
  6. folds
  7. bows
  8. deforms
  9. arches
  10. arcs
  11. angles
Undergo a change or development
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. becomes
  2. taints
  3. spoils
  4. rots
  5. molders
  6. disintegrates
  7. deteriorates
  8. decomposes
  9. decays
To devote (oneself or one's efforts)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. gives
  2. focuses
  3. directs
  4. devotes
  5. dedicates
  6. concentrates
  7. bends
  8. applies
  9. addresses
Twist suddenly so as to sprain
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wrenches
  2. dislocates
  3. bruises
  4. sprains
  5. strains
  6. twists
Go sour or spoil
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sours
  2. curdles
  3. works
  4. dulls
  5. ferments
  6. blunts
Antonyms:
  1. unbends
To incline
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. plows
  2. favors
  3. prefers
To disturb the health or physiological functioning of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. upsets
  2. unsettles
  3. disorders
  4. deranges

Words Related to Turns

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Turns Sentence Examples

  • It turns out that he loves to paint.

  • On Christmas Eve, we sit in front of the fire and take turns reading Christmas stories.

  • He knew without Martha's map he'd never remember the various turns he and Cynthia had taken to where the skeleton had reposed for over fifty years.

  • When signals are to be sent from either station the operator turns the switch c out of contact with the stop b, and then operates precisely as in open circuit send '" i ing.

  • It is hard to see how all-out war turns a profit for anyone in any scenario.

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