Synonyms for shut
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1. shut

   Synonyms:
   close, contract, confine, preclude, bar, fasten

   Antonyms:
   open, expand, unclose, unbar, unfasten

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1. shut, unopen, closedadjective

   not open

   "the door slammed shut"

   Synonyms:
   unsympathetic, unopen, closed in(p), closed(a), closed

   Antonyms:
   unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open, open

2. closed, shutverb

   used especially of mouth or eyes

   "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"

   Synonyms:
   closed, unopen, unsympathetic, closed(a), closed in(p)

   Antonyms:
   open, unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open

3. close, shutverb

   move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

   "Close the door"; "shut the window"

   Synonyms:
   exclude, shut down, come together, close, fold, close down, conclude, keep out, fill up, close up, shut out

   Antonyms:
   open, unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open

4. close, shutverb

   become closed

   "The windows closed with a loud bang"

   Synonyms:
   exclude, shut down, come together, close, fold, close down, conclude, keep out, fill up, close up, shut out

   Antonyms:
   wide-open, open, ajar(p), unfastened

5. exclude, keep out, shut out, shutverb

   prevent from entering; shut out

   "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"

   Synonyms:
   turf out, boot out, leave out, omit, chuck out, debar, close, exclude, bar, keep out, leave off, eject, turn out, except, shut out, take out

   Antonyms:
   unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open, open

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1. shutverb

   Synonyms:
   close, close up

2. shutverb

   Synonyms:
   enclose, confine, imprison, shut up, coop up, lock up, close the door upon

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1. shutverb

   Synonyms:
   close, debar, exclude, preclude, (shut up) confine, imprison, coop up, incarcerate, immure

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1. List of paraphrases for "shut":

   closed, close, farm, firm, closure, shh, ferme, closes, locked, closing

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1. Esperanza Huayama:

   Women were crying and shouting because of the pain. We were cut quickly. They treated us like animals, we were given no free medicine, nothing, after the surgery. When the doctors finished, they just shut the door and returned to Lima.

2. Read MoreHoyer:

   The government is going to shut down in 72 hours and they can't get their act together.

3. Kimberley Boggus:

   The party that tells women to sit down and shut up is not supposed to be the Democratic Party, … I may not be refined, but I’m real. The polished turds that they continue to shove down our throats as politicians are still turds.

4. Iman Atta:

   The far right were sharing photos of Muslims congregating and flouting the rules at mosques which were, in reality, shut down and not functioning. The photos were from last year.

5. Donald Trump:

   Mulvaneys one of the people who shut down government because they didnt want to lift the debt ceiling. And so he has no credibility on the subject whatsoever.