Synonyms of the word

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.

area

• n. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
• n. A particular geographic region.
• n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
• n. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
• n. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
• n. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
• n. (slang) Genitals.

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.

preparation

• n. (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
• n. That which is prepared.
• n. (countable) A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
• n. (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.

readying

• v. present participle of ready.

reorientation

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

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.

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.

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.

turnround

• n. Alternative form of turnaround.