pivot

1. 1.

   turn on a pivot

   Synonymsswivel

   Broaderturn

   Narrowerpirouette

Other forms of pivot

plural

pivots·

past tense

pivotted·

present participle

pivotting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pivot

What does pivot mean?

pivot means "the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pivot?

pivot has 2 syllables: piv-ot. The stress falls on "piv". In IPA it is /ˈpɪvət/.

What is another word for pivot?

Close synonyms include pivot man, pin, swivel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pivot a common word?

pivot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.