Synonyms for rotation
Most common
full circle routine spinning gyration cycling cipher circumlation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Revolution
revolution, turn, turning, gyration, spinning, full circle, routine, round, course, series, order, succession, whirl, whirling
2. Roster
Other
rolling, recurrence, cycling, cipher, cypher UK, circumlation
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
The earth's rotation about its axis is responsible for its being slightly oblate rather than a sphere.
- n. 2
A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
Earth's moon completes a rotation every twenty-seven days or so.
Related words
- Word family
- rotary rotate rotational
- Phrases
- axis of rotation rotation curve rotation period
- Is a kind of
- transformation
Forms
- Plural
- rotations → revolutions, turns, turnings, gyrations…
Example sentences
- routine His comedy routine has got a lot better over time.
- spinning The eyes in his head see the world spinning round.
- cycling I thought you said you'd never go cycling with Tom.
- cipher My best guess is it needs an asymmetric cipher.
By length
- 4 letters
- turn1, rota2
- 5 letters
- order2, round1, whirl1
- 6 letters
- course1, series2, roster2, cipher2, cypher2
- 7 letters
- turning2, rolling2, routine2, cycling3
- 8 letters
- schedule2, spinning2, whirling2, gyration3
- 10 letters
- revolution4, succession3, recurrence3
- 12 letters
- circumlation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rota2 = 2 syllables).