Synonyms of the word

reversal

• n. The state of being reversed.
• n. An instance of reversing.
• n. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
• adj. Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

about-face

• n. (military) An abrupt turn to face the opposite direction.
• n. A reversal in direction; reversal of attitude or opinion.
• v. (intransitive) To turn 180 degrees to face the opposite direction;.
• v. To change opinion or attitude drastically.

blow

• adj. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.
• v. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
• v. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
• v. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
• v. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
• v. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
• v. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
• v. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
• v. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
• v. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while…
• v. (intransitive) To explode.
• v. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly…
• v. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
• v. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
• v. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
• v. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate.
• v. (transitive) To leave.
• v. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
• v. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
• v. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
• v. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
• v. (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
• v. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
• v. (slang, informal, African American Vernacular) To sing.
• n. A strong wind.
• n. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
• n. (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
• n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
• n. (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
• n. The act of striking or hitting.
• n. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
• n. A damaging occurrence.
• v. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
• n. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
• n. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
• n. A bloom, state of flowering.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

deciding

• v. present participle of decide.

flip-flop

• n. (US) An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.
• n. (computing, electronics) An electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching…
• n. A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour.
• v. To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.

happening

• v. present participle of happen.
• adj. (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
• adj. (slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
• n. Something that happens.
• n. A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.

judgement

• n. Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of judgment. Sometimes found in the…

judgment

• n. The act of judging.
• n. The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging…
• n. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
• n. (law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination,…
• n. (theology) The final award; the last sentence.

occurrence

• n. Actual instance when a situation arises.

occurrent

• adj. Current, actual, occurring.
• n. (now chiefly philosophy) An event, something that occurs.

reordering

• v. present participle of reorder.
• n. A rearrangement.

reorientation

• n. A new orientation.
• n. The act of changing the direction of something.

reverse

• adj. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
• adj. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
• adj. (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
• adj. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
• adj. (botany) Reversed.
• adj. (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
• adv. (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
• n. The opposite of something.
• n. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
• n. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
• n. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
• n. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
• n. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
• n. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
• n. (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
• v. (intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
• v. (intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
• v. (intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
• v. (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
• v. (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
• v. (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
• v. (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
• v. (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position.
• v. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position.
• v. To overthrow; to subvert.

reversion

• n. The action of reverting something.
• n. The action of returning to a former condition or practice; reversal.
• n. The fact of being turned the reverse way.
• n. The action of turning something the reverse way.
• n. (law) The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
• n. (law) An estate which has been returned in this manner.
• n. (law) The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
• n. The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
• n. The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
• n. A sum payable on a person's death.

setback

• n. An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.
• n. (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
• n. (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
• n. (possibly archaic) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
• n. A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

transposition

• n. The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
• n. (music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work…
• n. (chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.

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.

turnabout

• n. The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction.
• n. A reversal of a decision or opinion etc; a change of mind or flip-flop.

turnaround

• n. The act of turning to face in the other direction.
• n. A reversal of policy.
• n. The time required to carry out a task.
• n. A turnabout.
• n. (music) A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next.
• n. (music) The notation for the addition of a grace note above then below a given note.
• n. (US, historical) Synonym of goback.

turning

• n. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
• n. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their…
• n. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
• n. The act of turning.
• n. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
• v. present participle of turn.

volte-face

• n. a reversal of policy, attitude or principle.