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1. (noun) shift, displacement
an event in which something is displaced without rotation
Synonyms: work shift, transmutation, fault, supplanting, displacement, slip, deracination, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, displacement reaction, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, shift, sack, translation, shift key, fracture

2. (noun) transformation, transmutation, shift
a qualitative change
Synonyms: work shift, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shift key, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, shift, break, shimmy, teddy, transubstantiation, switching, transformation, switch, sack, translation, transmutation, fracture

3. (noun) shift, work shift, duty period
the time period during which you are at work
Synonyms: work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, shift, sack, shift key, fracture

4. (noun) switch, switching, shift
the act of changing one thing or position for another
Synonyms: electrical switch, work shift, fault, displacement, transposition, duty period, shift key, shifting, sack, chemise, break, geological fault, faulting, shift, substitution, shimmy, teddy, slip, switching, transformation, replacement, switch, permutation, transmutation, fracture, electric switch

5. (noun) shift, shifting
the act of moving from one place to another
Synonyms: work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, shift, sack, shift key, fracture

6. (noun) fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Synonyms: prison-breaking, suspension, gap, jailbreak, respite, sack, happy chance, crack, interruption, chemise, duty period, severance, rift, prisonbreak, transmutation, recess, breakout, displacement, faulting, defect, switch, geological fault, teddy, shifting, falling out, break, intermission, good luck, breaking, shimmy, open frame, gaolbreak, mistake, slip, disruption, breach, breakage, flaw, shift key, demerit, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, switching, work shift, rupture, break of serve, cracking, transformation, error

7. (noun) shift
a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
Synonyms: work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, sack, shift key, fracture

8. (noun) shift key, shift
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
Synonyms: work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, shift, break, shimmy, teddy, switching, transformation, switch, sack, shift key, fracture

9. (noun) chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy
a woman's sleeveless undergarment
Synonyms: cutting, berth, trip, faux pas, sack, pillowcase, shift key, miscue, gaffe, transmutation, slickness, duty period, slipperiness, slip of paper, pillow slip, mooring, slick, displacement, gaucherie, parapraxis, chemise, switch, elusion, geological fault, teddy, shifting, sideslip, break, eluding, shimmy, faulting, moorage, skid, case, teddy bear, fault, shift, fracture, switching, work shift, strip, solecism, transformation, slip, slip-up

10. (verb) chemise, sack, shift
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
Synonyms: pocket, paper bag, firing, liberation, sack, duty period, shift key, release, transmutation, carrier bag, poke, sacking, displacement, faulting, chemise, switch, geological fault, teddy, sacque, shifting, hammock, break, shimmy, dismissal, sac, fault, shift, fracture, pouch, switching, discharge, work shift, dismission, transformation, slip, sackful

11. (verb) switch, change over, shift
make a shift in or exchange of
Synonyms: exchange, change, throw, interchange, budge, dislodge, careen, agitate, wobble, lurch, tack, alternate, reposition, stir, tilt, shift, switch over, flip-flop, pitch, flip, trade, convert, switch, transfer, change over, swap, swop

12. (verb) shift, dislodge, reposition
change place or direction
Synonyms: wobble, pitch, budge, bump, lurch, agitate, reposition, free, stir, change, careen, shift, tilt, switch, transfer, change over, dislodge

13. (verb) transfer, shift
move around
Synonyms: reassign, change, agitate, budge, channel, careen, transplant, transport, remove, transpose, stir, reposition, tilt, wobble, pitch, channelize, shift, transmit, lurch, switch, channelise, transfer, change over, dislodge

14. (verb) stir, shift, budge, agitate
move very slightly
Synonyms: fight, touch, shake up, charge, excite, arouse, put forward, raise up, shake, transfer, commove, tilt, vex, agitate, stir, call down, conjure, stimulate, switch, rouse, budge, bring up, campaign, conjure up, reposition, invoke, raise, turn on, pitch, lurch, call forth, change over, careen, shift, wobble, dislodge, evoke, charge up, push, foment, crusade, change, press, stir up, disturb

15. (verb) shift
move from one setting or context to another
Synonyms: switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

16. (verb) shift
change in quality
Synonyms: switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

17. (verb) shift
move and exchange for another
Synonyms: switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

18. (verb) careen, wobble, shift, tilt
move sideways or in an unsteady way
Synonyms: coggle, pitch, agitate, keel, careen, switch, wobble, change, tip, lean, reposition, stir, swag, shift, tilt, cant over, stagger, lurch, shimmy, transfer, cant, angle, change over, reel, slant, budge, dislodge

19. (verb) lurch, pitch, shift
move abruptly
Synonyms: cant, gear, transfer, huckster, set up, cant over, flip, tilt, agitate, deliver, peddle, hawk, stir, change, prowl, switch, reel, reposition, sky, keel, swag, budge, pitch, lurch, toss, change over, careen, shift, wobble, dislodge, incline, monger, slope, skunk, vend, stagger, slant

20. (verb) shift
use a shift key on a keyboard
Synonyms: switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

21. (verb) shift
change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
Synonyms: switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

22. (verb) shift
change gears
Synonyms: switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

23. (verb) switch, shift, change
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
Synonyms: exchange, change, throw, interchange, budge, careen, agitate, alter, commute, wobble, lurch, tack, alternate, reposition, vary, stir, tilt, shift, switch over, flip-flop, pitch, flip, modify, trade, swop, switch, transfer, change over, deepen, swap, convert, dislodge

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'shift'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. shift
To change is distinctively to make a thing other than it has been, in some respect at least; to exchange to put or take something else in its place; to alter is ordinarily to change partially
Synonyms: change, alter, exchange, shift, transmute, commute, metamorphose, substitute, turn, convert, modify, transfigure, vary, diversify, qualify, transform, veer
Antonyms: abide, continue, hold, persist, retain, bide, endure, keep, remain, stay

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