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

Need another word that means the same as “rotate”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “rotate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Rotate” are: go around, revolve, circumvolve, splay, spread out, turn out, go round, turn, turn round, move round, spin, gyrate, wheel, whirl, twirl, swivel, circle, pirouette, pivot, reel, alternate, take turns, take it in turns, act in sequence, work in sequence, trade places, change, switch, interchange, exchange, swap

Rotate as a Verb

Definitions of "Rotate" as a verb

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

• Exchange on a regular basis.
• Pass to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order.
• Turn on or around an axis or a center.
• Change the position of (tyres) on a motor vehicle to distribute wear.
• Grow (different crops) in succession on a particular piece of land to avoid exhausting the soil.
• Turn outward.
• Plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession.
• Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis.
• Move or cause to move in a circle round an axis or centre.
• Cause to turn on an axis or center.

Synonyms of "Rotate" as a verb (31 Words)

act in sequence	Perform on a stage or theater.
alternate	Be an understudy or alternate for a role. Bouts of depression alternate with periods of elation.
change	Exchange or replace with another usually of the same kind or category. We had to change at Rugby.
circle	Move in circles. We circled round the island.
circumvolve	Cause to turn on an axis or center.
exchange	Exchange a penalty for a less severe one. He exchanged a concerned glance with Stephen.
go around	Follow a procedure or take a course.
go round	Follow a procedure or take a course.
gyrate	Move or cause to move rapidly in a circle or spiral. The young people gyrated on the dance floor.
interchange	(of two or more people) exchange (things) with each other. The terms are often interchanged.
move round	Arouse sympathy or compassion in.
pirouette	Perform a pirouette. She pirouetted and made a bow.
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.
reel	Bring in a fish attached to a line by turning a reel and winding in the line. The alcohol made my head reel.
revolve	Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis. The earth revolves around the sun.
spin	Cause to spin. The President s spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing.
splay	Thrust or spread (things, especially limbs or fingers) out and apart. The river splayed out deepening to become an estuary.
spread out	Spread out or open from a closed or folded state.
swap	Substitute (one thing) for another. I was wondering if you d like to swap with me.
switch	Beat or flick with or as if with a switch. Switch on the light.
swivel	Turn around a point or axis or on a swivel. He swivelled in the chair.
take it in turns	Take by force.
take turns	Occupy or take on.
trade places	Do business; offer for sale as for one’s livelihood.
turn	Cause to change or turn into something different assume new characteristics. I turned the key in the door and crept in.
turn out	Let (something) fall or spill from a container.
turn round	Move around an axis or a center.
twirl	Cause to spin. She twirled her fork in the pasta.
wheel	Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle. Robert wheeled round to see the face of Mr Mafouz.
whirl	Cause to spin. I whirled her round the dance hall.
work in sequence	Give a workout to.

Usage Examples of "Rotate" as a verb

• The wheel continued to rotate.
• Ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees.
• These crops were sometimes rotated with grass.
• Interns have to rotate for a few months.
• The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire.
• We rotate the lead soprano every night.
• Radial tyres should only be rotated from front to rear on the same side.
• We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil.
• The small directional side rockets rotated the craft.
• The job of chairing the meeting rotates.

Associations of "Rotate" (30 Words)

anticlockwise	In the opposite direction to the way in which the hands of a clock move round. An anticlockwise direction.
circle	Something in the shape of a circle. The lamp spread a circle of light.
circular	Having a circular shape. The circular motion of the wheel.
circulate	Cause to be distributed. Blood circulates in my veins.
convolute	Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. A convolute petal.
convolution	A method of determination of the sum of two random variables by integration or summation. Crosses adorned with elaborate convolutions.
convolve	Roll or coil together; entwine.
counter	A return punch (especially by a boxer. The proposal has become a crucial bargaining counter over prices.
curve	Form an arch or curve. Her dress twisted tightly round her generous curves.
flip	Glib or flippant. Flip over the pork chop.
gyrate	Move or cause to move rapidly in a circle or spiral. Strippers gyrated to rock music on a low stage.
kink	Form a curl curve or kink. Though the system is making some headway there are still some kinks to iron out.
oblate	Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles.
pinwheel	Something shaped or rotating like a pinwheel. He spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on Go.
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 act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony.
reel	Bring in a fish attached to a line by turning a reel and winding in the line. The two reeled out of the bar arm in arm.
revolve	Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis. Their whole lives revolved around the company.
rotary	A rotary machine engine or device. The accident blocked all traffic at the rotary.
rotation	The act of rotating as if on an axis. It has become common for senior academics to act as heads of department in rotation.
slew	Of an electronic device undergo slewing. He slewed the aircraft round before it settled on the runway.
somersault	Do a somersault. 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	Fish with a spinner. Kevin had had a rough spin.
spiraling	In the shape of a coil.
statistics	A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters.
swivel	Turn around a point or axis or on a swivel. She swivelled her eyes round.
turn	Cause to change or turn into something different assume new characteristics. It was his turn to speak.
whirl	Confused movement. Sybil stood waving as they whirled past.
wind	Catch the scent of get wind of. Wind players.