Synonyms of the word

pivot

• n. A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as…
• n. Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
• n. Act of turning on one foot.
• n. (military) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around…
• n. (roller derby) A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
• n. (computing) An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements…
• n. (computing) A pivot table.
• n. (graphical user interface) Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like…
• n. (mathematics) An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the…
• v. (intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.

axis

• n. (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged…
• n. (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and…
• n. (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine.
• n. (psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals…
• n. (botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged.
• n. Axis axis, a deer native to Asia.

marcher

• n. An inhabitant of a march (border country).
• n. A person who holds lands in such a region.
• n. One who marches; one who participates in a march.

parader

• n. A person who parades things, or takes part in a parade.

pin

• n. A sewing pin, sometimes called a ballhead pin, which is a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out…
• n. A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
• n. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
• n. (wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed…
• n. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
• n. (in plural pins; informal) A leg.
• n. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
• n. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
• n. (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing…
• n. (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece…
• n. (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole.
• n. (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area).
• n. (dated) A mood, a state of being.
• n. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
• n. (medicine, obsolete) caligo.
• n. A thing of small value; a trifle.
• n. A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
• n. (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
• n. The tenon of a dovetail joint.
• n. (Britain, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
• n. (informal) A pinball machine.
• v. (often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
• v. (chess, usually passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
• v. (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
• v. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
• v. (computing, graphical user interface) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
• v. Alternative form of peen.

rotation

• n. (chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
• n. A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis.
• n. A regular variation in a sequence.
• n. (mathematics, geometry) An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least…
• n. (baseball) The set of starting of a team.
• n. (aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the…
• n. Repeated play on a radio station, etc.

swivel

• n. (mechanical) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit…
• n. (military) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; called also swivel gun.
• n. (slang) Strength of mind or character that enables one to overcome adversity; confidence; force of will.
• n. (dance) A rotating of the hips.
• v. (intransitive) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.

turn

• v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
• v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
• v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
• v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
• v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
• v. (archaic) To translate.
• n. A change of direction or orientation.
• n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
• n. A single loop of a coil.
• n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
• n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
• n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
• n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
• n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
• n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
• n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
• n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
• n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
• n. A deed done to another.
• n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
• n. Character; personality; nature.
• n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.