noun
A change
A working period
Those who work a shift, sense 2
See shift in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To give up in return for something else:
change, commute, exchange, interchange, substitute, switch, trade. (Informal) swap. See change, substituteTo leave or discard for another:
change, switch. See change, substituteTo alter the settled state or position of:
dislocate, displace, disturb, move, shake. See moveTo go or cause to go from one place to another:
maneuver, move, remove, transfer. See moveTo change the direction or course of:
avert, deflect, deviate, divert, pivot, swing, turn, veer. See changeTo progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances:
do, fare, fend, get along, get by, manage, muddle through. (Informal) make out. Idioms: make do, make shift. See thriveThe act of exchanging or substituting:
change, commutation, exchange, interchange, substitution, switch, trade, transposition. (Informal) swap. See change, substituteA limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity:
bout, go, hitch, inning (often used in plural), spell3, stint, stretch, time, tour, trick, turn, watch. See timeSomething used temporarily or reluctantly when other means are not available:
expediency, expedient, makeshift, stopgap. See help, substituteAn often sudden change or departure, as in a trend:
tack, turn, twist. See changeA change in normal place or position:
dislocation, displacement, disturbance, move, movement, rearrangement. See moveThe process or result of changing from one appearance, state, or phase to another:
change, changeover, conversion, metamorphosis, mutation, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, transubstantiation. See changeThe process or an instance of passing from one form, state, or stage to another:
change, passage, transit, transition. See changeLearn more about shift