pivot

nouncenter point about which something

verbrevolve around center point

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Synonyms for pivot

noun center point about which something

Antonyms for pivot

More words related to pivot

axes

noun. point around which something revolves

axis

noun. point around which something revolves

axle

noun. shaft around which wheels rotate

center

noun. middle point

centers

noun. middle point

circle

verb. go around, circumnavigate

Word Origin & History

1610s, from French pivot, from Old French pivot "hinge pin, pivot" (12c.), also "penis," of uncertain origin. Figurative sense of "central point" is recorded from 1813.

Example Sentences for pivot

The trussed-up pair started at once to pivot around on the floor.

In a word, the children—they are the pivot about which all regulations of marriage should turn.

But that is the pivot of the whole business, and the important point yet to be proved!

Solder is flowed around the pivot to hold it securely in place.

At all events, he made it the pivot of all reasonings with me.

The Incubator kids swings like they was on a pivot, and piles in after him.

He would be knocked clean off the pivot on which he's revolved these thirty years.

Seems to me every one's travelling on a pivot in the old country.

Now it was the bow gun, now the after pivot, now a full broadside.

Mr. Holmes was already busy swinging the light on its pivot.