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noun
revolution, curving
Synonyms: about-face, angle, bend, bias, bow, branch, change, changeabout, circle, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, corner, curve, cycle, departure, detour, deviation, direction, drift, flection, flexure, fork, gyration, gyre, heading, hook, pirouette, pivot, quirk, retroversion, reversal, reverse, reversion, right-about, roll, rotation, round, shift, spin, spiral, swing, tack, tendency, trend, turnabout, turning, twist, twisting, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, yaw
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noun
sudden change
Synonyms: alteration, bend, branch, crotch, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, distortion, divarication, double, fork, modification, mutation, shift, tack, twist, variation, warp, yaw
Antonyms: stagnation
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noun
chance, opportunity
Synonyms: accomplishment, act, action, bit, bout, crack, deed, favor, fling, gesture, go, go around, move, period, round, routine, say, service, shift, shot, spell, stint, succession, time, tour, trick, try
Antonyms: failure, miss
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noun
walk, outing
Synonyms: airing, circuit, constitutional, drive, excursion, jaunt, promenade, ramble, ride, saunter, spin, stroll
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noun
aptitude, knack
Synonyms: affinity, aptness, bent, bias, bump, disposition, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, inclination, leaning, predisposition, propensity, talent
Antonyms: inability
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noun
scare
Synonyms: attack, blow, fit, fright, jolt, seizure, shock, spell, start, surprise
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verb
revolve, curve
Synonyms: arc, bend, circle, circulate, circumduct, come around, corner, cut, eddy, go around, go round, ground, gyrate, gyre, hang a left, hang a right, incline, loop, make a left, make a right, move in a circle, negotiate, orbit, oscillate, pass, pass around, pirouette, pivot, roll, rotate, round, spin, sway, swing, swivel, take a bend, twirl, twist, vibrate, weave, wheel, whirl, wind, yaw
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verb
reverse; change course
Synonyms: about-face, aim, alter, alternate, backslide, call off, capsize, change, change position, convert, curve, depart, detour, detract, deviate, digress, direct, diverge, double back, face about, go back, incline, inverse, invert, loop, move, pivot, rechannel, recoil, redirect, regress, relapse, retrace, return, revert, sheer, shift, shunt, shy away, sidetrack, subvert, sway, swerve, swing, swirl, switch, tack, transform, twist, upset, vary, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, zigzag
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verb
adapt, fit
Synonyms: alter, become, change, change into, come, convert, divert, fashion, form, get, go, grow into, metamorphose, modify, mold, mutate, pass into, put, refashion, remake, remodel, render, run, shape, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, vary, wax
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verb
become sour or tainted
Synonyms: acidify, become rancid, break down, crumble, curdle, decay, decompose, disintegrate, dull, ferment, go bad, molder, putrefy, rot, sour, spoil, taint
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verb
use; resort to
Synonyms: address, appeal, apply, approach, bend, be predisposed to, 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
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verb
sicken
Synonyms: derange, discompose, disgust, disorder, make one sick, nauseate, revolt, unbalance, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset
Antonyms: make well
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verb
change one’s mind; defect
Synonyms: apostatize, bring round, change sides, desert, go over, influence, persuade, prejudice, prevail upon, rat, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, talk into, tergiversate, tergiverse
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verb
twist a body part
Synonyms: bruise, crick, dislocate, hurt, sprain, strain, wrench