turned

Other forms of turned

comparative

turnedder·

superlative

turneddest·

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 turned

What does turned mean?

turned means "moved around an axis or center". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in turned?

turned has 1 syllable: turned. In IPA it is /ˈtɝnd/.

What is another word for turned?

Close synonyms include off, sour. 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.

What is the opposite of turned?

The recorded antonyms are unturned.

Is turned a common word?

turned is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 turned?

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