turn back - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

turn inside out or upside down

Synonyms

• invert
• reverse
• turn back

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

Verb

go back to a previous state

Synonyms

• regress
• retrovert
• return
• revert
• turn back

More generic

• change by reversal
• reverse
• turn

More specific

• fall back
• go back
• lapse
• recidivate
• recover
• recuperate
• regress
• relapse
• resile
• retrogress

Verb

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

Synonyms

• arrest
• check
• contain
• hold back
• stop
• turn back

More generic

• defend

More specific

• cut down
• cut out

Verb

force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

Synonyms

• chase away
• dispel
• drive away
• drive off
• drive out
• run off
• turn back

More generic

• displace
• move

More specific

• banish
• clear the air
• fire
• shoo
• shoo away
• shoo off

Related

• drive out
• force out
• rouse
• rout out

Verb

retrace one's course

Synonyms

• backtrack
• double back
• turn back

More generic

• return

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