Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun revolution

3 senses of revolution

Sense 1
revolution -- (a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution")
       => change, alteration, modification -- (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago")

Sense 2
revolution -- (the overthrow of a government by those who are governed)
       => group action -- (action taken by a group of people)

Sense 3
rotation, revolution, gyration -- (a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year")
       => turning, turn -- (a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind")