Synonyms for shift
ʃɪftshift

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1. Shiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   shift key

2. shiftverb

   To change, swap.

   His political stance shifted daily.

   Synonyms:
   shift key

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1. shiftverb

   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, to make different in one or more particulars. To exchange is often to transfer ownership; as, to exchange city for country property. Change is often used in the sense of exchange; as, to change horses. To transmute is to change the qualities while the substance remains the same; as, to transmute the baser metals into gold. To transform is to change form or appearance, with or without deeper and more essential change; it is less absolute than transmute, tho sometimes used for that word, and is often used in a spiritual sense as transmute could not be; "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind," Rom. xii, 2. Transfigure is, as in its Scriptural use, to change in an exalted and glorious spiritual way; "Jesus ... was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light," Matt. xvii, 1, 2. To metamorphose is to make some remarkable change, ordinarily in external qualities, but often in structure, use, or chemical constitution, as of a caterpillar into a butterfly, of the stamens of a plant into petals, or of the crystalline structure of rocks, hence called "metamorphic rocks," as when a limestone is metamorphosed into a marble. To vary is to change from time to time, often capriciously. To commute is to put something easier, lighter, milder, or in some way more favorable in place of that which is commuted; as, to commute capital punishment to imprisonment for life; to commute daily fares on a railway to a monthly payment. To convert (Latin con, with, and verto, turn) is to primarily turn about, and signifies to change in form, character, use, etc., through a wide range of relations; iron is converted into steel, joy into grief, a sinner into a saint. To turn is a popular word for change in any sense short of the meaning of exchange, being often equivalent to alter, convert, transform, transmute, etc. We modify or qualify a statement which might seem too strong; we modify it by some limitation, qualify it by some addition.

   Synonyms:
   alter, change, change, commute, convert, diversify, exchange, metamorphose, modify, qualify, substitute, transfigure, transform, transmute, turn, vary, veer

   Antonyms:
   abide, bide, continue, endure, hold, keep, persist, remain, retain, stay

   Preposition:
   To change a home toilet for a street dress; to change from a caterpillar to or into a butterfly; to change clothes with a beggar.

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1. shiftverb

   Synonyms:
   change, alter, transfer, shelve, displace, remove

   Antonyms:
   fix, fasten, locate, insert, pitch, plant, place

2. shiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   contrivance, expedient, substitute, pretext, motive, change, evasion, device, artifice, resource, transference

   Antonyms:
   miscontrivance, fixity, steadiness, retention, location, permanence

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1. shift, displacementnoun

   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, sack, translation, shift key, fracture

2. transformation, transmutation, shiftnoun

   a qualitative change

   Synonyms:
   work shift, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shift key, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, break, shimmy, teddy, transubstantiation, switching, transformation, switch, sack, translation, transmutation, fracture

3. shift, work shift, duty periodnoun

   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, sack, shift key, fracture

4. switch, switching, shiftnoun

   the act of changing one thing or position for another

   "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

   Synonyms:
   electrical switch, work shift, fault, displacement, transposition, duty period, shift key, shifting, sack, chemise, break, geological fault, faulting, substitution, shimmy, teddy, slip, switching, transformation, replacement, switch, permutation, transmutation, fracture, electric switch

5. shift, shiftingnoun

   the act of moving from one place to another

   "his constant shifting disrupted the class"

   Synonyms:
   work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, sack, shift key, fracture

6. fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, breaknoun

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

   "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

   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, fracture, time out, switching, work shift, rupture, break of serve, cracking, transformation, error

7. shiftnoun

   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. shift key, shiftnoun

   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, break, shimmy, teddy, switching, transformation, switch, sack, shift key, fracture

9. chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddynoun

   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, fracture, switching, work shift, strip, solecism, transformation, slip, slip-up

10. chemise, sack, shiftverb

    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, fracture, pouch, switching, discharge, work shift, dismission, transformation, slip, sackful

11. switch, change over, shiftverb

    make a shift in or exchange of

    "First Joe led; then we switched"

    Synonyms:
    exchange, change, throw, interchange, budge, dislodge, careen, agitate, wobble, lurch, tack, alternate, reposition, stir, tilt, switch over, flip-flop, pitch, flip, trade, convert, switch, transfer, change over, swap, swop

12. shift, dislodge, repositionverb

    change place or direction

    "Shift one's position"

    Synonyms:
    wobble, pitch, budge, bump, lurch, agitate, reposition, free, stir, change, careen, tilt, switch, transfer, change over, dislodge

13. transfer, shiftverb

    move around

    "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"

    Synonyms:
    reassign, change, agitate, budge, channel, careen, transplant, transport, remove, transpose, stir, reposition, tilt, wobble, pitch, channelize, transmit, lurch, switch, channelise, transfer, change over, dislodge

14. stir, shift, budge, agitateverb

    move very slightly

    "He shifted in his seat"

    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, wobble, dislodge, evoke, charge up, push, foment, crusade, change, press, stir up, disturb

15. shiftverb

    move from one setting or context to another

    "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

16. shiftverb

    change in quality

    "His tone shifted"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

17. shiftverb

    move and exchange for another

    "shift the date for our class reunion"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

18. careen, wobble, shift, tiltverb

    move sideways or in an unsteady way

    "The ship careened out of control"

    Synonyms:
    coggle, pitch, agitate, keel, careen, switch, wobble, change, tip, lean, reposition, stir, swag, tilt, cant over, stagger, lurch, shimmy, transfer, cant, angle, change over, reel, slant, budge, dislodge

19. lurch, pitch, shiftverb

    move abruptly

    "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

    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, wobble, dislodge, incline, monger, slope, skunk, vend, stagger, slant

20. shiftverb

    use a shift key on a keyboard

    "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

21. shiftverb

    change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

    "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

22. shiftverb

    change gears

    "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

23. switch, shift, changeverb

    lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

    "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"

    Synonyms:
    exchange, change, throw, interchange, budge, careen, agitate, alter, commute, wobble, lurch, tack, alternate, reposition, vary, stir, tilt, switch over, flip-flop, pitch, flip, modify, trade, swop, switch, transfer, change over, deepen, swap, convert, dislodge

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1. elastic rebound theory

   elastic rebound is when a fault shifts.

   there was a shift that caused the road to be uneven.

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

2. workdaynoun

   my shift is from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am. my workday is 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.

   Submitted by Realdeliashow on July 20, 2022  

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1. shiftverb

   Synonyms:
   change, alter, vary

2. shiftverb

   Synonyms:
   move, change place, change about

3. shiftverb

   Synonyms:
   change, vary, veer, chop

4. shiftverb

   Synonyms:
   contrive, manage, plan, scheme, devise ways and means

5. shiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   change

6. shiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   expedient, contrivance, resort, resource, means

7. shiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   evasion, artifice, fraud, trick, doubling, stratagem, subterfuge, dodge, mask, ruse, wile, craft, device, artful contrivance

8. shiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   chemise, smock

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1. shiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   subterfuge, device, contrivance, evasion, stratagem, trick, dodge, resource, expedient, change, substitution, chemise

2. shiftverb

   Synonyms:
   veer, change, turn, quirk, quibble, palter, change, substitute

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1. List of paraphrases for "shift":

   selection, change, displacement, select, transition, reorientation, transfer, selecting, transformation, passage, move, quarter, exchange, changeover, changing, changes, selector, uppercase, evolution, shiftwork, turn, movement, reversal

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1. Kimiko Hirata:

   It will not be easy to change the dynamic for domestic coal use, but I think Japan cannot continue ignoring this, eventually Japanese businesses will start recognizing the meaning of emissions neutrality and the rapid shift to renewables in other countries and start responding.

2. Business Roundtable:

   If it does turn out to be as dramatic a shift as the Delta variant was, that will definitely put a damper on things.

3. Executive Mike Lynn:

   Our ability to measure THC in breath really should shift the national dialogue from one about simply detecting if THC is in someone's body to a conversation where standards can be developed that reflect actual impairment.

4. Superintendent Tim Bruce:

   We have never failed a tax levy, with the tax shift, I’m starting to hear from some people that they may not be able to afford to vote ‘yes,’ because they can’t afford it.

5. RootsAction:

   We believe that would shift voters' attention away from Biden to the extremism of Republicans, on everything from abortion rights to voting rights to climate-change denial.