REVOLVE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for REVOLVE?

Need another word that means the same as “revolve”? Find 55 synonyms and 30 related words for “revolve” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Revolve” are: roll, go around, rotate, orb, orbit, go round, turn round, spin, whirl, pirouette, wheel, circle, go, travel, gyrate, circulate, loop, be concerned with, be preoccupied with, be absorbed in, focus on, concentrate on, hang on, rely on, rest on, pivot on, think about, give thought to, consider, reflect on, mull over, contemplate, study, meditate on, muse on, think over, think on, deliberate about, deliberate on, cogitate about, cogitate on, dwell on, brood on, brood over, agonize over, worry about, ruminate about, ruminate on, ruminate over, chew over, puzzle over, speculate about, weigh up, review, turn over

Revolve as a Verb

Definitions of "Revolve" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “revolve” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Move in a circular orbit around.
• Treat as the most important element.
• Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.
• Consider (something) repeatedly and from different angles.
• Turn on or around an axis or a center.
• Move in an orbit.
• Move in a circle on a central axis.

Synonyms of "Revolve" as a verb (55 Words)

agonize over	Suffer agony or anguish.
be absorbed in	Have life, be alive.
be concerned with	Be identical to; be someone or something.
be preoccupied with	Be identical or equivalent to.
brood on	Think moodily or anxiously about something.
brood over	Sit on (eggs.
chew over	Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.
circle	Form or draw a circle around. Encircle the errors.
circulate	Cause to move around. This letter is being circulated among the faculty.
cogitate about	Consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one’s mind.
cogitate on	Consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one’s mind.
concentrate on	Make central.
consider	Give careful consideration to. I consider him irresponsible.
contemplate	Reflect deeply on a subject. I contemplated leaving school and taking a full time job.
deliberate about	Think about carefully; weigh.
deliberate on	Think about carefully; weigh.
dwell on	Exist or be situated within.
focus on	Put (an image) into focus.
give thought to	Give as a present; make a gift of.
go	Go through in search of something search through someone s belongings in an unauthorized way. Where do these books go.
go around	Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
go round	Have a turn; make one’s move in a game.
gyrate	Move or cause to move rapidly in a circle or spiral. Strippers gyrated to rock music on a low stage.
hang on	Decorate or furnish with something suspended.
loop	Make a loop in. She looped her arms around his neck.
meditate on	Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes.
mull over	Heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink.
muse on	Reflect deeply on a subject.
orb	Move in an orbit. The moon orbits around the Earth.
orbit	Move in an orbit. The moon orbits around the Earth.
pirouette	Perform a pirouette. She pirouetted and made a bow.
pivot on	Turn on a pivot.
puzzle over	Be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide.
reflect on	Give evidence of a certain behavior.
rely on	Have confidence or faith in.
rest on	Rest on or as if on a pillow.
review	Hold a review of troops. The Attorney General asked the court to review the sentence.
roll	Take the shape of a roll or cylinder. He rolled the word round his mouth.
rotate	Grow (different crops) in succession on a particular piece of land to avoid exhausting the soil. We rotate the lead soprano every night.
ruminate about	Chew the cuds.
ruminate on	Chew the cuds.
ruminate over	Chew the cuds.
speculate about	Reflect deeply on a subject.
spin	Spin dry clothes. They had to spin the ball wide.
study	Apply oneself to study. He spent his time listening to the radio rather than studying.
think about	Have or formulate in the mind.
think on	Focus one’s attention on a certain state.
think over	Judge or regard; look upon; judge.
travel	Change location move travel or proceed also metaphorically. We travelled North on Rte 508.
turn over	To break and turn over earth especially with a plow.
turn round	Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.
weigh up	Have a certain weight.
wheel	Wheel somebody or something. The stars wheeled through the sky.
whirl	Cause to spin. Sybil stood waving as they whirled past.
worry about	Lacerate by biting.

Usage Examples of "Revolve" as a verb

• The Earth revolves around the Sun.
• Overhead, the fan revolved slowly.
• Her mind revolved the possibilities.
• Their whole lives revolved around the company.
• The earth revolves around the sun.

Associations of "Revolve" (30 Words)

anticlockwise	In the opposite direction to the way in which the hands of a clock move round. Stopcocks are opened by turning them anticlockwise.
circle	Form a circle around. She sat in the front row of the circle.
circular	Having a circular shape. I received a circular from a building society.
circulate	Move around freely from person to person or from place to place. Rumours of his arrest circulated.
convolute	Curl, wind, or twist together. A convolute petal.
convolve	Roll or coil together; entwine.
curve	Extend in curves and turns. Starting with arms outstretched curve the body sideways.
flip	Glib or flippant. She flipped off her dark glasses.
gyroscope	A device consisting of a wheel or disc mounted so that it can spin rapidly about an axis which is itself free to alter in direction The orientation of the axis is not affected by tilting of the mounting so gyroscopes can be used to provide stability or maintain a reference direction in navigation systems automatic pilots and stabilizers.
helical	In the shape of a coil. Helical molecules.
kink	Form a curl curve or kink. The river kinks violently in a right angle.
orbit	The state of moving in an orbit. Mercury orbits the Sun.
pinwheel	Perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels. His car pinwheeled into a barrier.
pivot	Provide a mechanism with a pivot fix a mechanism on a pivot. The government s reaction pivoted on the response of the Prime Minister.
precession	The slow movement of the axis of a spinning body around another axis due to a torque (such as gravitational influence) acting to change the direction of the first axis. It is seen in the circle slowly traced out by the pole of a spinning gyroscope.
propeller	A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water.
rotary	A rotary machine engine or device. The accident blocked all traffic at the rotary.
rotate	Turn outward. The wheel continued to rotate.
rotation	A single complete turn (axial or orbital. The manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation.
round	Express as a round number. They enjoyed singing rounds.
slew	Of an electronic device undergo slewing. He slewed the aircraft round before it settled on the runway.
somersault	Perform a somersault or make a similar movement accidentally. His car somersaulted into a ditch.
spheroid	A solid generated by a half revolution of an ellipse about its major axis prolate spheroid or minor axis oblate spheroid. It looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid.
spin	Spin dry clothes. He gave the crank a spin.
spindle	A Eurasian shrub or small tree with slender toothed leaves and pink capsules containing bright orange seeds Its hard timber was formerly used for making spindles. Chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis.
swerve	An abrupt change of direction. A lorry swerved across her path.
swivel	Turn around a point or axis or on a swivel. He swivelled in the chair.
turn	A place where a road meets or branches off another a turning. The turning of the wind.
whirl	(of the head, mind, or senses) seem to spin round. I whirled her round the dance hall.
wind	The act of winding or twisting. Wind your watch.