Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb turn_to

2 senses of turn to

Sense 1
address, turn to -- (speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window")
       => communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")

Sense 2
turn to -- (direct one's interest or attention towards; go into; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium")