turning point, n. crossroads, crisis, juncture, conjuncture, critical period, climacteric; point of no return, Rubicon; decisive point, climax, moment of truth, moment of decision, Inf. zero hour.
turnkey, n. jailer, Chiefly Brit, warder, jailkeeper, keeper, guard, SI. screw, SI. bull; warden, Brit, governor.
turnout, n. 1. assembly, gathering, collection, amassment, assemblage, number, aggregation, roundup, showing; meeting, meet, rally; crowd, throng, mob; convergence, confluence, cumulation, concourse; party, group, body, circle, knot, bunch, gang, crew, company, troupe, troop, band; flock, pack, herd, swarm; audience, spectators, viewers, watchers, listeners, hearers, attenders, attendants, house; congregation, community, flock; conclave, convocation, muster, mobilization, convention, congress; foregathering, conjunction, coalescence.
2. output, production, product, gross national product, GNP; aggregate, total, quota, limit; batch, amount, lot; bulk, volume, mass.
3. outfit, equipment, equipage, gear, trappings, appointments, fittings.
4. style, fashion, vogue, mode, guise, appearance, Inf getup; make, kind, sort, pattern, cut, Inf. cut of one's jib.
turnpike, n. pike, tollroad, highway or state highway, U.S. Inf. interstate; freeway, Brit, clearway, expressway, parkway, causeway, throughway; speedway, autobahn, superhighway; main road, highroad, thoroughfare, public road, roadway; street, terrace, circle, row; avenue, boulevard, strip, Inf. drag.
turpitude, n. 1. depravity, corruption, corruptness, corruptedness, perversion, depravation; demoralization, deterioration, corrosion, degradation, debasement, abasement, vitiation, degeneration, degeneracy, degenerateness; adulteration, pollution, contamination, defilement, desecration, violation; unchastity, unchasteness, impurity, uncleanness; foulness, baseness, vileness, badness; criminality, wickedness, sinfulness, evil, evilness, iniquitousness, nefariousness; iniquity, sin, evil-doing, wrongdoing, crime.
2. immorality, vice, dissoluteness, profligacy, profligateness, licentiousness, license; lechery, debauchery, debauchment, intemperance, libertinism, prostitution; animalism, carnality, sensuality, lustfulness, lust; libidinousness, lewdness, lecherousness, prurience, pruriency; obscenity, indecency, vulgarity, low-mindedness.
turret, n. tower, Fr. tourelle steeple, spire. See
tower (def 1).
tussle, v. 1. scuffle, wrestle, Inf sorap, struggle, go at each other's throats, do battle, fight, brawl, fisticuff. -n. 2. scuffle, Inf. scrap, Inf. set-to, Inf. boxing or wrestling match; strife, contention, combat, struggle; fight, fistfight, fisticuffs, altercation, conflict, clash; fray, skirmish, battle, broil, brawl, free-for-all, donnybrook, melee, hand-to-hand fight.
tutelage, n. 1. guardianship, keeping, care, ward, wardship, protection, safekeeping, Law. trusteeship; chaperonage, supervision, surveillance, watchful eye; guidance, direction, control.
2. instruction, teaching, education, tuition, tutorage; grounding, initiation, preparation, schooling, training; inculcation, indoctrination, brainwashing, discipline.