Synonyms for turning
ˈtɜr nɪŋturn·ing

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1. turn, turningnoun

   the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

   "he took a turn to the right"

   Synonyms:
   routine, turn of events, spell, play, number, twist, bend, tour, round, good turn, act, bout, crook, go, turn, bit

2. turningnoun

   act of changing in practice or custom

   "the law took many turnings over the years"

   Synonyms:
   turn

3. turningnoun

   a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe

   Synonyms:
   turn

4. turning, turnnoun

   a movement in a new direction

   "the turning of the wind"

   Synonyms:
   turn, turn of events, spell, play, number, routine, twist, bend, tour, round, good turn, act, bout, crook, go, bit

5. turningnoun

   the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe

   Synonyms:
   turn

6. turningnoun

   the activity of shaping something on a lathe

   Synonyms:
   turn

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change Of Course
   • End Product
   • Formation
   • Movement
   • Paring

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. turningadjective

   Synonyms:
   revolving, rotary, rotating, gyratory, winding, circumrotary

2. turningnoun

   Synonyms:
   rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, eversion, extroversion, flexure, flexion, incurvation, deviation, deflection, circumrotation

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "turning":

   inflection, tipping, transforming, referring, rotate, pivot, convert, converting, transform, turn, passing, cornering, returning, rotating

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How to use turning in a sentence?

1. Jot Condie:

   Turning chefs into criminals is not something we support.

2. Bob Ross:

   It risks turning Prince George’s County into a segregated school system.

3. Emily Dickinson:

   Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those we have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these things.

4. Douglas Holtz-Eakin:

   As a result, the kinds of people buying insurance there have very expensive medical bills -- insurers are losing money, as they try to cover those bills, jacking up the premiums, people move to other policies so it’s turning into the death spiral that everybody worried about.

5. Sean Kearney:

   We were set a target weight of 100kg (220 pounds), but we knew from the outset we wanted to exceed that, the team included representatives from NPD, marketing, and engineering; and together we designed and built everything, including a swing to aid [in] turning the patty during cooking. That was perhaps the most challenging part of the record as we didn't want to break the patty.