TURNS OUT Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

turns out

verb

Definition of turns out next

present tense third-person singular of turn out

as in rolls out

to leave one's bed we turn out early on workdays

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as in cleans

to remove the dirt from it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over

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as in outs

to drive or force out angrily turned their adult son out of their home for using drugs

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as in proves

to come to be everything will turn out fine in the end

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Recent Examples of turns out That’s the hook that often leads to a link to a subscription service that turns out to be costly and/or deceptive. —

Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2026 The popular image of Neanderthals living deep in caves turns out to be wrong. —

Literary Hub, 1 May 2026 All of that might sound a little dense, but McKenzie’s fast and informative account of his deep dive into a blurry subject turns out to be one of the most entertaining, and yes, enlightening documentaries of the year. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026 The mobility business turns out to be not a great profitable business. —

Jamie Lincoln Kitman, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026 This turns out to be mostly setup for the episode’s final moments. —

Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026 But viewers should ignore the noise and make up their own minds about the film, which turns out to be a standout in the overcrowded sports documentary genre. —

Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 Whale lusts after a hunky gardener (Brendan Fraser) and persuades him to pose for a few sketches; Julian, though bisexual, expresses no such interest in Lori, and any art-making turns out to be a gratifyingly mutual endeavor. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026 Time will tell whether that turns out to be the right bet. —

Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2026

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Instead of a lean eight-episode binge drop and a moody antihero, the medical drama rolls out 15-episode seasons, one a week, full of lofty ideals and heroic characters fighting the good fight.

— Jennifer Silverman, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Directed by Ben Gregor and featuring a high-profile cast including Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy and Nicola Coughlan, the adaptation rolls out across more than 300 locations.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026