Synonyms Dictionary
3. revolving, rotating, circumrotating, gyrating, cir-cumgyrating, whirling, turning, spinning.
-n. 4. rebel, insurgent, insurrectionist, sansculotte, revolutionist, revolter, seditionist, mutineer; agitator, malcontent, anarchist, U.S. weatherman; rioter, brawler; traitor, turncoat, Benedict Arnold.
5. counter-culturist, radical, extremist; fanatic, zealot. revolutionize, v. change fundamentally, effect radical change, change drastically; break with the past, modernize, innovate; reform, turn over a new leaf; reconstruct, refashion, remodel, recast, reorganize, revamp; transform, alter, change the face of; tamper with, work a change, chop and change; subvert, overthrow. revolve, v. 1. turn around, turn, rotate, wheel, whirl, twirl, reel; spin, gyrate, pirouette, pivot, swivel, swing; circumrotate, circumvolve; orbit, circle.
2. come round again, recur, reoccur, reappear, return.
3. think about, cerebrate, reflect upon, meditate on, speculate on; consider, run over in the mind, mull over, ruminate on, ponder, weigh; study, con. revolving, adj. 1. turning, rotating, rotary, rotative, circumrotatory, circumrotating, wheeling, cir-cumvolving; whirling, twirling, reeling, spinning, gyrating, gyral, gyratory, pirouetting, pivoting, swiveling, swinging.
2. recurring, recurrent, reoccurring; periodical, cyclical. revulsion, n. repugnance, disgust, nausea, queasiness; aversion, abhorrence, repellence, abomination, loathing, execration; hatred, detestation, odium, antipathy, dislike, disrelish, distaste, offense; repulsion, Sl. the creeps, shrinking, recoil, reward, n. 1. recompense, payment, return, requital; reparation, quittance, indemnification, indemnity, redress; amends, restitution, damages, Law. solatium.
2. remuneration, compensation, pay, payoff, Fig. carrot; salary, wages, emolument, allowance; hire, fee, stipend, honorarium.
3. award, prize, honor, tribute, testimonial, compliment, Literary, guerdon, Archaic, meed; present, benefaction, bounty, premium; bonus, grant, windfall, gain; tip, gratuity, douceur, Fr. pourboire, baksheesh, remembrance; bribe, boodle, blackmail, hush money; graft, cut, Inf. rake-off, Inf. kickback.
4. just deserts, Inf. comeuppance, punishment, retribution.
-v. 5. remunerate, pay, fee, recompense; reim burse, repay, indemnify, redress, requite, compensate, satisfy, Obs. gratify; tip, remember, acknowledge.
6. bribe, suborn, oil, graft, buy off, Sl. pay off, cross or grease [s.o.'s] palm. reword, v. 1. rephrase, paraphrase, put another way, recast; revise, rewrite, edit, redact, rectify.
2. repeat, reiterate, recapitulate, review, rehash; summarize, explain, interpret, elucidate, gloss; translate, metaphrase. rhapsodic, adj. 1. ecstatic, thrilled, exhilarated, enthusiastic, excited, elated, overjoyed, transported, ravished, overcome, orgasmic; rapturous, blissful, in heaven, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine, happy as a clam at high tide, happy as a pig in mud; beside oneself, bouncing with joy, delirious, in orbit, flying, high, intoxicated, floating, walking on air; delighted, joyful, beaming.
2. unconnected, disconnected, irregular, broken, uneven, erratic.
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