Synonyms and Antonyms of turn back

retrace one's course (verb.motion)

go back to a previous state (verb.change)

force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings (verb.motion)

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of (verb.competition)

turn inside out or upside down (verb.change)

cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)

change to the contrary (verb.change)

be on the defensive; act against an attack (verb.competition)

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before (verb.motion)

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change)

drive out by frightening (verb.emotion)

drive out or away by or as if by fire (verb.motion)

dispel differences or negative emotions (verb.motion)

drive away (verb.motion)

drive away by crying `shoo!' (verb.motion)

go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed (verb.change)

regain a former condition after a financial loss (verb.change)

intercept (a player) (verb.competition)

force or drive out (verb.motion)

a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

returning to a former state (noun.act)

the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction (noun.event)

tending to be turned back (adj.all)

the act of containing; keeping something from spreading (noun.act)

a restraint that checks the motion of something (noun.artifact)

the act of turning inside out (noun.act)

turning upside down; setting on end (noun.act)

turning in the opposite direction (noun.act)

an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current (noun.artifact)

turning in an opposite direction or position (noun.event)

capable of being reversed or used with either side out (adj.all)