'Upturn' definitions:
Definition of 'upturn'
(from WordNet)
noun
An upward movement or trend as in business activity
Definition of 'Upturn'
From: GCIDE
- Upturn \Up*turn"\, v. t. To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing. "A sea of upturned faces." --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'upturn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- accession,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- addition,
- advance,
- aggrandizement,
- amplification,
- appreciation,
- ascent,
- augmentation,
- ballooning,
- bloating,
- boom,
- boost,
- bottoming out,
- broadening,
- buildup,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- capsizal,
- capsize,
- careen,
- clamor,
- cock up,
- convulsion,
- cooling off,
- crescendo,
- crisis,
- culbute,
- culbuter,
- depression,
- development,
- downturn,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- edema,
- elevation,
- enlargement,
- expanding economy,
- expansion,
- extension,
- ferment,
- flood,
- gain,
- greatening,
- growth,
- gush,
- high growth rate,
- hike,
- increase,
- increment,
- inflation,
- jump,
- keel over,
- leap,
- low,
- market expansion,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- outcry,
- overset,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- peak,
- peaking,
- productiveness,
- proliferation,
- prosperity,
- raise,
- recession,
- recovery,
- revolution,
- rise,
- slope up,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- snowballing,
- somersault,
- somerset,
- spill,
- spread,
- subversion,
- subvert,
- surge,
- swelling,
- tip over,
- topple over,
- topsy-turvify,
- topsy-turvy,
- trend upwards,
- tumescence,
- tumult,
- turn a somersault,
- turn over,
- turn topsy-turvy,
- turn turtle,
- turn up,
- turn upside down,
- turnover,
- up,
- upbend,
- upcast,
- upcurve,
- upheaval,
- upping,
- upset,
- upsurge,
- upsweep,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- waxing,
- widening