REVOLUTION

n. 1 mutiny, revolt, rebellion, coup (d'état), uprising, insurgency, insurrection, putsch, take-over, overthrow If the government fails to ensure that the people have food, there will be a revolution 2 upheaval, cataclysm, transformation, (drastic or radical or major) change, sea change, metamorphosis Recent successes of capitalism have sparked a revolution in the political philosophies of communist nations 3 rotation, turn, orbit, circuit, spin, lap, round, cycle, circle, gyration; wheel, whirl, pirouette At each revolution of the gear (A ) , the ratchet (B ) moves one notch The rapid revolutions of the ice-skater dissolved her into a blur of colour.