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. Ilya Novikov:

   It is quite an expected decision after yesterday's [ decision of the Supreme Court to shut down Memorial International ]. We did not have any illusions about the hearing today, but it is crucial that those persecutions did not discourage people and I think will not make people to stop their human rights work. The legal entity can be liquidated but the work remains and people remain.

2. Peter Slavey:

   People say The President doesn't control gas prices with a magic lever, but you can trace back to the executive order to shut down that pipeline, it does have an effect, and I think it's more of just a shutdown for image rather than looking at the actual effects of things.

3. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman:

   We are growing like wildfire, and I think a lot of those bans and the censorship is really propelling our growth, people are looking for a new alternative as their voices have been shut up.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   You've got to shut down. I believe several of the Indian states have already done that, but you need to break the chain of transmission, and one of the ways to do that is to shut down.

5. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson:

   We can't all just shut ourselves and stay home. The economy has to move forward, and again, a rational reaction to this would recognize the fact that the vast majority of people that get coronavirus will survive without much worse symptoms than a cold or a normal flu.