Hypernyms for "turn"
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about-face
acetify
acidify
add up
alkalify
alkalise
alkalize
alternate
ameliorate
amount
apparel
arouse
at-bat
attack
avert
awake
awaken
bald
basify
bat
be born
become
bend
better
bight
black out
boil
boil down
bottom
bottom of the inning
break
break loose
bring about
burn
burst forth
buy the farm
calcify
calm
calm down
caracole
carbonise
carbonize
carburise
carburize
carnify
cash in one''s chips
catalyse
catalyze
catch fire
chill
chill out
choke
chondrify
circumvolve
citrate
clabber
close
clot
clothe
cloud over
coagulate
coil
coke
combust
come
come alive
come down
come to
coming back
commutate
commute
conceive
concentrate
conflagrate
conk
convolute
convolve
cool
cool down
cool it
cool off
corkscrew
corner
correct
crank
croak
cross-fertilise
cross-fertilize
curdle
curve
cut
decease
decline
decompress
deconsecrate
deflate
deflect
deflection
deflexion
denitrify
dent
desecrate
desynchronise
desynchronize
deviate
deviation
die
digression
discharge
disengage
disk
dissolve
divagation
diversion
divert
down
dress
drop dead
emaciate
emancipate
empty
emulsify
enclothe
equilibrate
erupt
esterify
etherify
evert
exchange
exit
expire
explode
face
fade away
fade out
fall
falsify
ferment
fill
fill up
fit out
flip
flip over
flip-flop
flourish
fluctuate
fly high
freeze
Frenchify
gain
garb
garment
gee
get
get into
get worse
give-up the ghost
gnarl
go
go around
gyrate
gyration
habilitate
harrow
heat
heat up
homogenise
homogenize
hot up
ignite
improve
incurvate
indent
innings
inspissate
integrate
interchange
ionise
ionize
kick the bucket
kick turn
lead
leaf
left
liberate
liquefy
loosen up
lose weight
meliorate
melt off
metamorphose
move
nucleate
open
open up
ossify
overgrow
overturn
pass
pass away
pass out
perish
permute
pivot
pop off
port
precipitate
pronate
prosper
put on
raiment
react
rectify
reduce
regress
relapse
relax
reorient
resuscitate
retrovert
return
reversal
revert
revive
revolution
revolve
ridge
right
roll
roll over
rotate
rotation
ruff
secularise
secularize
settle down
sheer
showstopper
show-stopper
shut
simmer down
slenderize
slew
slim
slim down
slow down
slue
snuff it
solvate
sorb
sour
spiral
splay
spread out
start
starting
stem
stem turn
stopper
suffocate
supinate
swerve
swerving
swing about
swing around
switch
switch over
swivel
tack
take fire
take up
tangle with
telemark
tense
tense up
thicken
thin
three-point turn
thrive
thrombose
throw
tip over
tog
top
top of the inning
toss
transfigure
transmogrify
transpose
trend
trick
trumping
tump over
turn
turn around
turn away
turn back
turn off
turn on a dime
turn out
turn over
turn the tables
turn the tide
twiddle
twist
unbend
undo
unhallow
unwind
veer
veering
version
volution
wake
wake up
waken
work
worsen
yaw
zonk out
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.