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

Need another word that means the same as “turnaround”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “turnaround” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Turnaround” are: turnround, change of mind, flip-flop, reversal, turnabout, turnaround time, reverse, reversion, change, move, about-face, volte-face, u-turn, rowback

Turnaround as a Noun

Definitions of "Turnaround" as a noun

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

• An area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around.
• Turning in the opposite direction.
• A decision to reverse an earlier decision.
• A space for vehicles to turn round in, especially one at the end of a driveway or dead-end street.
• Time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip.
• The process of completing or the time needed to complete a task, especially one involving receiving something, processing it, and sending it out again.
• Act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip.
• An abrupt or unexpected change, especially one that results in a more favourable situation.
• The process of or time taken for unloading and reloading a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.

Synonyms of "Turnaround" as a noun (14 Words)

about-face	Act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation.
change	Money given in exchange for the same sum in larger units. The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society.
change of mind	A different or fresh set of clothes.
flip-flop	A backward somersault.
move	A change of position that does not entail a change of location. The country s move to independence.
reversal	A major change in attitude or principle or point of view. A dramatic reversal in population decline in the Alps.
reverse	A play in which a player reverses the direction of attack by passing the ball to a teammate moving in the opposite direction. The address is given on the reverse of this leaflet.
reversion	A property to which someone has the right of reversion. There was some reversion to polytheism.
rowback	An instance of reversing an earlier decision or previously held opinion. The government was forced into yet more rowbacks on budget cuts.
turnabout	Turning in the opposite direction. The move was a significant turnabout for the company.
turnaround time	Turning in the opposite direction.
turnround	Act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip.
u-turn	Complete reversal of direction of travel.
volte-face	A major change in attitude or principle or point of view.

Usage Examples of "Turnaround" as a noun

• A seven-day turnaround.
• Short hops with quick turnarounds and limited in-flight service.
• It was a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes.

Associations of "Turnaround" (30 Words)

atavism	A reappearance of an earlier characteristic. The more civilized a society seems to be the more susceptible it is to its buried atavism.
backward	Directed or facing toward the back or rear. He was not backward in displaying his talents.
backwards	In reverse of the usual direction or order. The songs look backwards to long ago battles.
breeze	Blow gently and lightly. The breeze was cooled by the lake.
dramatic	(of a person or their behaviour) intending or intended to create an effect; theatrical. He recalled his dramatic escape from the building.
flip	Glib or flippant. He couldn t get away with flip funny conversation.
funnel	Take on the shape of a funnel by widening or narrowing at the end. They were close to the middle of the cloud funnel.
headfirst	With the head foremost. A headfirst plunge down the stairs.
inverse	Something inverted in sequence or character or effect. Numerous studies have shown an inverse relationship between exercise and the risk of heart disease.
inversion	A transformation in which each point of a given figure is replaced by another point on the same straight line from a fixed point especially in such a way that the product of the distances of the two points from the centre of inversion is constant. The inversion of the normal domestic arrangement.
invert	Subject to inversion; transform into its inverse. When forming a question invert the subject and the verb.
load	Fill or place a load on. She spends loads of money on clothes.
opposite	Of angles between opposite sides of the intersection of two lines. He went into the shop opposite.
overturn	An act of overturning something. A coach hit a car and overturned.
permutation	A selection of a specified number of matches in a football pool. His thoughts raced ahead to fifty different permutations of what he must do.
rearrange	Change (the position, time, or order of something. She rearranged her skirt as she sat back in her chair.
regressive	Relating to or marked by psychological regression. A regressive personality.
replacement	A person who follows next in order. The replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood.
retrograde	Show retrograde motion. The glacier retrogrades.
reversal	Turning in the opposite direction. A reversal by the House of Lords of the Court of Appeal s decision.
reverse	The design or inscription on the reverse of a coin or medal. The lorry reversed into the back of a bus.
reversion	A property to which someone has the right of reversion. He was given a promise of the reversion of Boraston s job.
revolutionize	Change radically. This fabulous new theory will revolutionize the whole of science.
setback	A reversal or check in progress. They had to get permission to overlap the city s setback lines.
spoonerism	A verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect, as in the sentence you have hissed the mystery lectures.
substitution	The action of replacing someone or something with another person or thing. A tactical substitution.
throwback	An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism. The eyes could be an ancestral throwback.
transposition	The action of transposing something. Many acclaimed novels and plays have been little more than modern transpositions of classic myth.
turnabout	A sudden and complete change or reversal of policy, opinion, or of a situation. The move was a significant turnabout for the company.
zephyr	A very light article of clothing.