swing about

Questions about swing about

What is another word for swing about?

It depends which swing about you mean. In the sense “turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically”, the synonyms are swing around, turn around. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of swing about?

WordNet records no antonym for swing about. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for swing about come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of swing about

• Full entry for swing aboutAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for swing aboutWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.