Synonyms for turning
All synonyms
Noun
1. Deflection
Other
spinning, veering, rotation, winding, revolution, gyration, swarf, circumrotation rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A turn or deviation from a straight course.
Take the second turning on the left.
Related words
- Word family
- turning-beam
- Phrases
- turning point turning away turning gear turning lane
Forms
- Plural
- turnings → deflections, deviations, flexures, spinnings…
Example sentences
- spinning The eyes in his head see the world spinning round.
- winding I'm getting tired of driving on this winding road.
- veering I saw his car veering to the right.
By length
- 5 letters
- swarf
- 7 letters
- winding2, veering2, flexure
- 8 letters
- rotation3, spinning2, gyration3
- 9 letters
- deviation4
- 10 letters
- revolution4, deflection3
- 14 letters
- circumrotation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (winding2 = 2 syllables).