Shifts Synonyms and Antonyms

Change place or direction
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. turns
  2. dislodges
  3. veers
  4. stirs
  5. swings
  6. moves
  7. pivots
  8. diverts
  9. faults
  10. deviates
  11. budges
  12. deflects
  13. slips
  14. averts
To manage
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. manages
  2. fends
  3. fares
  4. doth
Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. switches
  2. changes
To alter the settled state or position of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shakes
  2. moves
  3. disturbs
  4. displaces
  5. dislocates
The process or result of changing from one appearance, state, or phase to another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. metamorphoses
  2. changes
  3. mutations
  4. translations
  5. transmutations
  6. transformations
  7. conversions
  8. changeovers
The process or an instance of passing from one form, state, or stage to another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. transitions
  2. transits
  3. passages
  4. changes
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. switches
  2. changes
  3. groups
  4. tricks
  5. swaps
  6. breaks
  7. metastases
  8. trades
  9. dodges
  10. substitutions
  11. subterfuges
  12. exchanges
  13. fractures
  14. gangs
  15. stratagems
  16. resources
  17. transpositions
  18. expedients
  19. evasions
  20. devices
  21. commutations
  22. contrivances
  23. squads
  24. faults
An often sudden change or departure, as in a trend
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. twists
  2. turns
  3. tacks
Something used temporarily or reluctantly when other means are not available
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. expediencies
  2. stopgaps
  3. expedients
A woman's sleeveless undergarment
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sacks
  2. teddies
  3. shimmies

Words Related to Shifts

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Shifts Sentence Examples

  • All these are profound shifts in public opinion.

  • A furnace is served by three men, working in eight-hour shifts, and requires about 2 tons of coal, which corresponds to about 110 gallons reduced oil, air being used as atomizer.

  • The centre of interest now shifts to the India House and to the British parliament.

  • The short screw whose divided milled head is shifts the zero of the micrometer by pushing, without turning, the short sliding rod whose flat end forms the point d'appui of the micrometer screw at I.

  • The scene of the legend now shifts to Rome, where Diocletian falls in love with a lovely nun named Ripsime; she, rather than gratify his passion, flees with her abbess Gaiana and several priests to Armenia.

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