overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

revolution.

A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/
  1. A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.

    countable
    The revolution had completely transformed the monarchy into a republic.
  2. The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.

    countable
  3. Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.

    countable · uncountable
  4. In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.

    countable · uncountable
    It takes 365 days for the Earth to complete one revolution around the sun.
  5. A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.

    countable · uncountable
    the AI revolution
  6. A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.

    countable · uncountable
  7. Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.

    countable · uncountable
  8. a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English revolucion, borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiō (“the act of revolving; revolution”), from Latin revolvō (“roll back, revolve”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

revolution has 10 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

revolution studiorevolution workshello, revolution

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.