Synonyms for shoulder
ˈʃoʊl dərshoul·der

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1. shouldernoun

   the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

   Synonyms:
   articulatio humeri, berm, shoulder joint

2. shouldernoun

   a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg

   Synonyms:
   articulatio humeri, berm, shoulder joint

3. shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio humerinoun

   a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

   Synonyms:
   articulatio humeri, berm, shoulder joint

4. shouldernoun

   the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder

   "an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform"

   Synonyms:
   articulatio humeri, berm, shoulder joint

5. shoulder, bermverb

   a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

   "the car pulled off onto the shoulder"

   Synonyms:
   articulatio humeri, berm, shoulder joint

6. shoulderverb

   lift onto one's shoulders

7. shoulderverb

   push with the shoulders

   "He shouldered his way into the crowd"

8. shoulderverb

   carry a burden, either real or metaphoric

   "shoulder the burden"

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Carry
   • Cloth Covering
   • Cut Of Meat
   • Raise
   • Thrust

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1. shouldernoun

   Synonyms:
   projection, protuberance

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1. shouldernoun

   Associated words:
   epaulet, shrug, espauliere, scapular, scapulary, baldric, infrascapular, omagra

2. shoulderverb

   Synonyms:
   jostle, push, assume, bear

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1. List of paraphrases for "shoulder":

   assume, shoulders, bear, elbow, take, side

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1. Melissa Dalton:

   Just in the last several years she's been adding really a star per year to her shoulder.

2. Mahamat Moustapha:

   I shoulder responsibility for my actions. I bought weapons and munitions and send them to Nigeria to Boko Haram. I am a soldier for my religion. I signed a pact with God. One day Jihad will come.

3. David Teuscher:

   I think both he and his trainer, and the public, saw that he had altered his fighting style, and when you are in pain, you will change how you use that arm and that shoulder, in boxing, you have to keep your hands up in front of your face and upper torso to defend the blows, or hold them out in a defensive position, and all of that dramatically affects the rotator cuff tendons.

4. Yvonne Lytge:

   I started pounding on the door and she said back door. I was focused on him, but I did see a cut on her shoulder. Ive never seen him coming. Ive never seen him leaving. I have never seen him before. She wouldnt harm anybody, and she was so soft-spoken.

5. Clark Brewster:

   He said that he saw the laser sight on the shoulder, assumed it was the Taser, both the gun and the Taser have a laser sight, and he just made a mistake.