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1. turn back (Verb)

19 synonyms
# Word Frequency Likes Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. arrest 35.5 6 letters 135 synonyms
2. backtrack 0.53 9 letters 5 synonyms
3. chase away 25.8 9 letters 6 synonyms
4. check 204 5 letters 303 synonyms
5. contain 31.6 7 letters 67 synonyms
6. dispel 1.26 6 letters 37 synonyms
7. double back 93.6 10 letters 5 synonyms
8. drive away 102 9 letters 16 synonyms
9. drive off 116 8 letters 6 synonyms
10. drive out 128 8 letters 22 synonyms
11. hold back 136 8 letters 31 synonym
12. invert 0.55 6 letters 20 synonyms
13. regress 0.43 7 letters 21 synonym
14. retrovert 0 9 letters 4 synonyms
15. return 155 6 letters 161 synonym
16. reverse 23.4 7 letters 114 synonyms
17. revert 2.24 6 letters 30 synonyms
18. run off 227 6 letters 22 synonyms
19. stop 331 4 letters 176 synonyms
5 definitions
turn back (Verb) —   Retrace one's course 1 example
1. ex. "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
turn back (Verb) —   Go back to a previous state 1 example
1. ex. "We turned back to the old rules"
turn back (Verb) —   Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings 1 example
1. ex. "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
turn back (Verb) —   Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of 1 example
1. ex. "Turn back the tide of communism"
turn back (Verb) —   Turn inside out or upside down
10 types of
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. alter 5 letters 64 synonyms
2. change 6 letters 177 synonyms
3. change by reversal 16 letters 2 synonyms
4. defend 6 letters 76 synonyms
5. displace 8 letters 73 synonyms
6. modify 6 letters 42 synonyms
7. move 4 letters 187 synonyms
8. return 6 letters 161 synonym
9. reverse 7 letters 114 synonyms
10. turn 4 letters 297 synonyms
20 types
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. banish 6 letters 47 synonyms
2. clear the air 11 letters 0 synonyms
3. cut down 7 letters 48 synonyms
4. cut out 6 letters 4 synonyms
5. exscind 7 letters 4 synonyms
6. fall back 8 letters 20 synonyms
7. fire 4 letters 146 synonyms
8. frighten 8 letters 31 synonym
9. go back 6 letters 17 synonyms
10. lapse 5 letters 73 synonyms
11. recidivate 10 letters 5 synonyms
12. recover 7 letters 69 synonyms
13. recuperate 10 letters 40 synonyms
14. regress 7 letters 21 synonym
15. relapse 7 letters 41 synonym
16. resile 6 letters 12 synonyms
17. retrogress 10 letters 6 synonyms
18. shoo 4 letters 2 synonyms
19. shoo away 8 letters 2 synonyms
20. shoo off 7 letters 2 synonyms
1 see also
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. turn 4 letters 297 synonyms
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arrest, backtrack, chase away, check, contain, en.synonym.one, dispel, double back, drive away, drive off, drive out, hold back, invert, regress, retrovert, return, reverse, revert, run off, stop.
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