upturn

Trend toward improvement

An upturn is a shift toward improvement or increase, especially in economic conditions: an upturn in the housing market, Business showed an upturn in the second quarter.

The verb means to turn upward or over: upturned faces watched the fireworks, The plow upturned the soil.

An upturned nose tilts upward at the tip.

increase

rise

Move to higher position

  • surgeSudden powerful increase
  • spikeSharp rise or point
  • climbAscend using effort

jump · escalation · leap · upsurge · upswing · gain · boost · elevation · ascent · growth

economic

boom

Loud deep sound

recovery · rebound · rally · growth · bullish · prosperity · resurgence · revival · bounceback · comeback

recovery

rebound

Return after deflection

turnaround · restoration · renewal · rejuvenation · regeneration · rekindling · reinvigoration · healing · bounceback · recuperation

physical

flip

Quick turning motion

  • invertReverse position or order
  • rotateTurn about an axis
  • tiltAngular deviation from level

tip · reverse · capsize · topple · pivot · swivel · lift · raise · elevate · angle

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Opposites
directional movement

upturndownturn

Economic decline period

decline · fall · descent · drop · dive

physical orientation

upturndownturn

Economic decline period

turn down · invert · overturn · flip

Family

upturned, upturns, upturning

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