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Antonyms for turnover
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : turn-oh-ver |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɜrnˌoʊ vər |
Definition of turnover
Origin :- 1650s, "action of turning over," from the verbal phrase; see turn (v.) + over (adv.); meaning "kind of pastry tart" is attested from 1798. Meaning "number of employees leaving a place and being replaced" is recorded from 1955.
- As in pastry : noun baked product made with flour
- As in revolution : noun drastic action or change, often in politics
- As in tart : noun pastry
- As in turnout : noun amount produced
- As in brain drain : noun loss of important personnel
- As in change : noun something made different; alteration
- As in transfiguration : noun change
- As in transmogrification : noun change
- As in transubstantiation : noun change
- They made their second, 180-degree turnover while weightless.
- Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
- Its turnover was small, its list of stockholders was select.
- Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace
- When she returned from the kitchen with his turnover he was standing.
- Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers
- And so the visit to Turnover Park was made, and the Fenwicks were driven home.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
- You know you don't like him, and you know also that you will have a very bad time of it at Turnover.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
- "We shall all of us have to go over to Turnover next week," he said.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
- A few weeks after the turnover, Adams seemed to have more time.
- Extract from : « Subspace Survivors » by E. E. Smith
- In addition to the children there was Skyrocket, the dog, and Turnover, the cat.
- Extract from : « The Curlytops and Their Pets » by Howard R. Garis
- "Come over here," and Teddy whistled as he did for Turnover.
- Extract from : « The Curlytops and Their Pets » by Howard R. Garis
- Now there was no sight of Snuff and Turnover, nor of Skyrocket, the other dog.
- Extract from : « The Curlytops and Their Pets » by Howard R. Garis
Synonyms for turnover
- about-face
- addition
- adjustment
- advance
- aggregate
- anarchy
- bloodshed
- bread
- break
- bun
- cabal
- cake
- changeover
- compression
- contraction
- conversion
- correction
- coup
- coup d'état
- crime
- croissant
- dainty
- Danish
- debacle
- delicacy
- departure
- destruction
- development
- difference
- disorder
- distortion
- diversification
- diversity
- doughnut
- éclair
- foment
- fruit tart
- golpe
- guerrilla activity
- innovation
- insubordination
- insurgency
- mass exodus
- metamorphosis
- modification
- modulation
- mutation
- mutiny
- novelty
- outbreak
- output
- outturn
- overthrow
- overturn
- panettone
- patisserie
- permutation
- phyllo
- pie
- plot
- popover
- product
- production
- productivity
- quota
- radical change
- rebellion
- reconstruction
- refinement
- reformation
- remodeling
- reversal
- revision
- revolt
- revolution
- rising
- roll
- row
- shake-up
- shift
- strife
- strike
- strudel
- subversion
- surrogate
- sweet roll
- switch
- tart
- tempering
- transfiguration
- transformation
- transition
- translation
- transmogrification
- transmutation
- transubstantiation
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- turn
- turnover
- underground activity
- unrest
- upheaval
- uprising
- uproar
- upset
- variance
- variation
- variety
- vicissitude
- violence
- volume
- yield
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