turn the tide

Questions about turn the tide

What is another word for turn the tide?

It depends which turn the tide you mean. In the sense “cause a complete reversal of the circumstances”, the synonyms are turn the tables. Across all 1 sense there are 1 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 turn the tide?

WordNet records no antonym for turn the tide. 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 turn the tide 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 turn the tide

• Full entry for turn the tideAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for turn the tideWhether 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.