Defenition of the word pivot

• Defenition of the word pivot

  • a short shaft that supports something that turns
  • the person in a line around whom the others wheel and maneuver
  • turn on a pivot
  • the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
  • axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
  • the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
  • the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot

Synonyms for the word pivot

• • axis
  • axle
  • hinge
  • pin
  • pivot man
  • revolve
  • rotate
  • spin
  • spin around
  • swivel
  • turn

Similar words in the pivot

• • pivot
  • pivot's
  • pivotal
  • pivoted
  • pivoting
  • pivots

Hyponyms for the word pivot

• • fulcrum
  • pintle
  • pirouette

Hypernyms for the word pivot

• • axis
  • axis of rotation
  • marcher
  • parader
  • rotary motion
  • rotation
  • turn

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