turnabout

Other forms of turnabout

plural

turnabouts·

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 turnabout

What does turnabout mean?

turnabout means "a decision to reverse an earlier decision". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in turnabout?

turnabout has 3 syllables: tur-na-bout. The stress falls on "tur". In IPA it is /ˈtɝnəˌbaʊt/.

What is another word for turnabout?

Close synonyms include reversal, change of mind, flip-flop, turnaround, reversion. 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 turnabout a common word?

turnabout 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.

What rhymes with turnabout?

5 words rhyme with turnabout. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.