Hypernyms for "turn"

More general terms or categories

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.