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Synonyms for turn in

  • verb

Most common

give up inform inform on surrender go to bed retire turn over

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Give up — to relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in)

give up, inform, inform on, surrender, finger, submit, relinquish, snitch, capitulate, grass up slang UK

2. Retire — to go to bed; to retire to bed

retire, go to bed, bed, go to sleep, hit the hay slang, hit the sack slang, sack out slang, kip down slang UK

3. Turn over — to submit something; to give

turn over, hand in, deliver, render, fork out informal UK, fork over

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To submit something; to give.

    The actors turned in a formulaic performance.

  2. v. 2

    To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in).

    The thief finally turned himself in at the police station.

  3. v. 3

    To go to bed; to retire to bed.

    I'm tired, so I think I'll turn in early tonight.

Example sentences

  • inform Please inform me what options are available to me.
  • surrender Sami was forced by the police to surrender his dog.
  • retire Tom said he thought it was time for him to retire.

By length

3 letters
bed1
6 letters
finger2, submit2, inform2, retire2, render2, snitch1
7 letters
deliver3
9 letters
surrender3
10 letters
relinquish3, capitulate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (finger2 = 2 syllables).