Synonyms for about-face
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An abrupt turn to face the opposite direction.
The soldier did an about-face and marched off.
Related words
- Word family
- about-turn
- Other spellings
- about face
Forms
- Plural
- about-faces → reversals, volte-faces, about-turns, right-about-faces…
Example sentences
- reversal The recent data has caused a reversal of expectations.
By length
- 8 letters
- reversal3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reversal3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- revirement
- Italiano
- virata