shift - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of changing one thing or position for another

Synonyms

• shift
• switch
• switching

More generic

• change

More specific

• switcheroo

Noun

the act of moving from one place to another

Synonyms

• shift
• shifting

More generic

• motion
• move
• movement

Noun

a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

Synonyms

• chemise
• sack
• shift

More generic

• dress
• frock

Noun

a woman's sleeveless undergarment

Synonyms

• chemise
• shift
• shimmy
• slip
• teddy

More generic

• undergarment
• unmentionable

Related

• shoulder strap
• strap

Noun

the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

Synonyms

• shift
• shift key

More generic

• key

Related

• typewriter keyboard

Noun

a qualitative change

Synonyms

• shift
• transformation
• transmutation

More generic

• alteration
• change
• modification

More specific

• advance
• betterment
• changeover
• conversion
• degeneration
• improvement
• population shift
• pyrolysis
• retrogression
• sea change
• strengthening
• sublimation
• tin disease
• tin pest
• tin plague
• transition
• weakening

Noun

an event in which something is displaced without rotation

Synonyms

• displacement
• shift

More generic

• translation

More specific

• amplitude
• luxation

Noun

a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

Synonyms

• shift

More generic

• crew
• gang
• work party

More specific

• day shift
• day watch
• evening shift
• graveyard shift
• night shift
• relay

Related

• hands
• manpower
• men
• work force
• workforce

Noun

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Synonyms

• break
• fault
• faulting
• fracture
• geological fault
• shift

More generic

• cleft
• crack
• crevice
• fissure
• scissure

More specific

• inclined fault
• strike-slip fault

Related

• fault line

Noun

the time period during which you are at work

Synonyms

• duty period
• shift
• work shift

More generic

• hours

More specific

• day shift
• evening shift
• go
• graveyard shift
• night shift
• spell
• split shift
• swing shift
• tour
• trick
• turn
• watch

Related

• workday
• working day

Verb

make a shift in or exchange of

Synonyms

• change over
• shift
• switch

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

More specific

• back
• veer

Verb

move and exchange for another

Synonyms

• shift

More generic

• exchange
• interchange
• replace
• substitute

Verb

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

Synonyms

• change
• shift
• switch

More specific

• break
• channel-surf
• cut
• diphthongise
• diphthongize
• jump
• leap
• shift
• surf
• transition

Related

• change
• commute
• convert
• exchange

Verb

change gears

Synonyms

• shift

More generic

• change
• shift
• switch

Verb

move from one setting or context to another

Synonyms

• shift

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

More specific

• transfer
• transplant
• transpose

Verb

change in quality

Synonyms

• shift

More generic

• change

Verb

change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

Synonyms

• shift

More generic

• change

Verb

use a shift key on a keyboard

Synonyms

• shift

More generic

• type
• typewrite

Verb

move abruptly

Synonyms

• lurch
• pitch
• shift

More generic

• move

Verb

change place or direction

Synonyms

• dislodge
• reposition
• shift

More generic

• displace
• move

More specific

• beat down

Verb

move sideways or in an unsteady way

Synonyms

• careen
• shift
• tilt
• wobble

More generic

• move

Verb

move very slightly

Synonyms

• agitate
• budge
• shift
• stir

More generic

• move

Verb

move around

Synonyms

• shift
• transfer

More generic

• displace
• move

More specific

• bunker
• carry
• carry forward
• carry over
• remove
• shuffle
• shunt
• transfer
• translocate
• transpose
• transship

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