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shift - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: shift
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: switch, fluctuate
Synonyms: about-face*, alter, blow hot and cold*, budge, change, cook*, deviate, dislocate, displace, disturb, do up*, drift, exchange, fault, flip-flop*, hem and haw*, move, rearrange, remove, replace, ship, shuffle, slip, stir, substitute, swerve, tack, transfer, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, waffle, bottom out, change gears, dial back, move around, move over, recalibrate, relocate, reposition, swap places, switch over, transmogrify, turn around, turn the corner, turn the tables, yo-yo
Antonyms: deactivate, remain, stagnate
Main Entry: shift
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: switch, fluctuation
Synonyms: about-face*, alteration, bend, change, changeover, conversion, deviation, double, fault, modification, move, passage, permutation, removal, substitution, tack, transfer, transformation, transit, turn, variation, veering, yaw, deflection, displacement, rearrangement, shifting, transference, translocation
Antonyms: maintenance, stagnation, deactivation
Main Entry: shift
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trick, stratagem
Synonyms: artifice, contrivance, craft, device, dodge, equivocation, evasion, expedient, gambit, hoax, makeshift, maneuver, move, ploy, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, ruse, stopgap*, strategy, substitute, subterfuge, wile, expediency
Main Entry: shift
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: time served doing work
Synonyms: bout, go, period, spell, stint, time, tour, trick, turn, working time
Main Entry: alteration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: change
Synonyms: about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, correction, difference, exchange, fixing, flip-flop*, metamorphosis, modification, mutation, reformation, remodeling, revision, shift, switch, transformation, transmutation, turn, variance, variation, diversification, mid-course correction, reshaping, switch-over
Main Entry: alternate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take turns, change back and forth
Synonyms: alter, blow hot and cold*, change, exchange, fluctuate, follow, interchange, intersperse, oscillate, relieve, rotate, seesaw, shift, shilly-shally*, substitute, sway, vacillate, vary, waver, act reciprocally, come and go, fill in for, follow in turn, yo-yo
Notes: alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things'
Antonyms: continue
Main Entry: bend
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: curve
Synonyms: angle, arc, bending, bow, corner, crook, curvature, deviation, hook, lean, loop, round, sag, shift, tack, tilt, turn, twist, yaw, zigzag, curvation, deflection, flection, flexure
Antonyms: line
Main Entry: budge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dislodge from staid position
Synonyms: bend, change, convince, inch, influence, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield, change position, give way, locomote
Main Entry: deviation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: change, departure
Synonyms: aberration, alteration, anomaly, breach, crotch, detour, difference, digression, discrepancy, disparity, divergence, diversion, fluctuation, fork, inconsistency, irregularity, modification, shift, transgression, variance, variation, deflection, hereticism, turning
Antonyms: conformity, sameness, uniformity, straightforwardness
Main Entry: dislocate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: displace
Synonyms: break, disconnect, disengage, disjoint, disorder, disrupt, disturb, disunite, divide, jumble, misplace, mix up, move, remove, rummage, separate, shift, transfer, unhinge, upset, disarticulate, put out of joint
Antonyms: order, keep together
Main Entry: dodge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: avoid
Synonyms: dark, deceive, ditch, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, fence, fend off, fudge*, hedge, lurch, malinger, parry, pussyfoot*, shake, shake off*, shift, shirk, shuffle, sidestep, skirt, slide, slip, swerve, tergiversate, trick, weasel*, circumlocute, get around, get out of, give the slip, juke, move to the side, put the move on, short-circuit, skip out on, tergiverse, turn aside
Antonyms: confront, encounter, face, meet, stand up to
Main Entry: dress
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: clothing; woman's garment
Synonyms: apparel, attire, costume, covering, drape, dry goods, duds*, ensemble, frock, garb, gear, gown, guise, habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment, robe, shift, skirt, suit, things*, threads*, trappings, uniform, vestment, wardrobe, Sunday best, accouterment, attirement, civvies, evening clothes, muumuu, pinafore, smock, tog, toga, toggery
Main Entry: evade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get away from
Synonyms: avoid, baffle, balk, bypass, cavil, circumvent, conceal, confuse, cop out, deceive, decline, dodge, double, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off*, flee, fly, fudge*, hedge, hide, lie, parry, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, put off, shift, shirk, shuck, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, tergiversate, trick, waffle*, weasel*, beat around bush, beg the question, get around, give the runaround, keep distance, lay low*, lead on a merry chase, pass up, slip out, sneak away, steer clear of
Antonyms: face, meet, take on
Main Entry: evasion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: escape, avoidance
Synonyms: artifice, cunning, ditch*, dodge*, equivocation, evasiveness, excuse, lie, pretext, prevarication, quibble, routine, run-around, ruse, shift, slip*, sophism, sophistry, stall, stonewall*, subterfuge, trick, trickery, circumvention, cop-out, dodging, elusion, equivocating, eschewal, evading, fancy footwork, fudging, fugiviteness, fugivity, jive, obliqueness, shirking, shuffling, shunning
Antonyms: facing, meeting, directness
Main Entry: exchange
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: trade
Synonyms: alternate, bandy, bargain, barter, castle, change, change hands, commute, correspond, displace, flip-flop*, interchange, invert, market, network, rearrange, reciprocate, replace, reverse, revise, seesaw, shift, shuffle, shuttle, substitute, swap, switch, traffic, transact, transfer, transpose, truck*, buy and sell, cash in, contact with, convert into, deal in, give and take, go over to, hook up, horse trade, link up, pass to, pay back, return the compliment, swap horses, turn the tables
Antonyms: hold, keep
Main Entry: excuse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reason, explanation
Synonyms: alibi, apology, cover*, defense, disguise, evasion, expedient, extenuation, fish story*, grounds, justification, makeshift, mitigation, plea, pretext, routine, semblance, shift, song*, song and dance*, stall, stopgap*, story, substitute, subterfuge, trick*, vindication, whitewash*, cleanup, cop-out, cover story, coverup, jive*, rationalization, regrets, why and wherefore
Main Entry: expedient
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: resource
Synonyms: contrivance, device, instrument, instrumentality, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, medium, method, recourse, refuge, resort, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute, gency
Main Entry: fare
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get along; turn out
Synonyms: advance, do, get by, get on, go, handle, happen, hie, journey, make out, manage, muddle through, pass, proceed, progress, prosper, prove, shift, stagger, make headway
Main Entry: feint
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pretense
Synonyms: artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile, hoodwinking, mock attack
Antonyms: truth
Main Entry: fluctuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: vacillate, change
Synonyms: alter, alternate, blow hot and cold*, flutter, hem and haw*, hesitate, oscillate, seesaw*, shift, swing, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, wave, waver, be undecided, ebb and flow, go up and down, rise and fall, yo-yo
Antonyms: hold, persist, remain, stay
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