turn around

1. 1.

   turning in an opposite direction or position

   “the reversal of the image in the lens”

   Synonymsreversal

   Broaderturning

Questions about turn around

What does turn around mean?

turn around means "turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for turn around?

Close synonyms include swing around, swing about, pick up, reversal. 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 turn around a common word?

turn around is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.