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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | machinery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devices performing work |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, apparatus, appliance, channel, contraption, contrivance, engine, equipment, gadget, gear, implement, instrument, materiel, means, mechanism, medium, method, motor, organ, outfit, paraphernalia, structure, system, tackle, tool, utensil, vehicle, works, accouterment, habiliments, shifts |
| Main Entry: | adaptation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of adapting |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, adoption, alteration, conversion, modification, remodeling, shift, transformation, variation, refitting, reworking |
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, develop, diversify, doctor, metamorphose, modify, mutate, reconstruct, reform, remodel, renovate, revamp, revise, shift, transform, turn, vary, correct mid-course, dial back, fine tune, make different, phony up, recalibrate, recast, refashion, reshape, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, fix, keep, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain, let stand |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | become |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evolve into |
| Synonyms: | come, convert, incline, mature, metamorphose, shift, turn out, wax, alter to, assume form of, be converted to, be reduced to, be reformed, be remodeled, be transformed into, change into, come to be, develop into, emerge as, eventually be, grow into, pass into, ripen into, turn into |
| 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: | bout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period of time in which something occurs |
| Synonyms: | course, fit*, go*, round, run, session, shift, spell, stint, stretch, tear, term, tour, trick*, turn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | bump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move over, dislodge |
| Synonyms: | budge, displace, remove, shift |
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport physical object |
| Synonyms: | backpack*, bear, bring, cart, channel, conduct, convey, convoy, displace, ferry, fetch, freight, funnel, give, haul, hoist, import, lift, lug*, move, pack, pipe, relay, remove, schlepp*, shift, shoulder*, sustain, take, transfer, transmit, transplant, truck, waft, heft, portage, relocate, tote, traject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something made different; alteration |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, addition, adjustment, advance, break, compression, contraction, conversion, correction, development, difference, distortion, diversity, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, modulation, mutation, novelty, permutation, reconstruction, refinement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, transformation, transition, transmutation, turn, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude, diversification, tempering, turnover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become different |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, temper, transform, translate, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp, make innovations, make over, recondition, remake, restyle, tamper with, transfigure, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | substitute, replace |
| Synonyms: | alternate, barter, convert, displace, exchange, interchange, invert, remove, reverse, shift, supplant, swap, trade, transmit, transpose, switch around |
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deliver, entrust |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, authorize, charge, commend, commission, confide, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, deposit, deputize, destine, dispatch, employ, empower, engage, give, hand over, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, invest, move, offer, ordain, promise, put away, relegate, remove, send, shift, submit, transfer, vest, confer trust, depend upon, depute, give to do, grant authority, intrust, leave to, make responsible for, put in the hands of, rely upon, turn over to |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep from |
| Main Entry: | contrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring about, succeed with difficulty |
| Synonyms: | achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, finagle*, hatch, intrigue, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle, hit upon, play games |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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