Synonyms of shake out

shake out 1 of 2

verb

as in to prove

to come to be

after hearing about all the elaborate planning, I can't wait to see how that wedding shakes out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prove
• fall out
• evolve
• come out
• develop
• turn out
• emerge
• pan out
• unfold
• play out
• work out
• germinate

shakeout

2 of 2

noun

as in shake-up

Related Words

• shake-up
• shutdown
• closing
• downsizing
• boot
• firing
• sack
• pink slip
• bird
• layoff
• dismissal
• bum's rush
• heave-ho
• furlough
• ax
• discharge
• redundancy

Dissimilar Words

• reemployment
• recall
• callback
• rehiring
• rehire

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shake out

Verb

Next week’s results from five of the Magnificent Seven companies — Alphabet , Amazon , Apple , Meta Platforms and Microsoft — could keep the party going or hurt equities in a big way, depending how profits from the market’s most dominant companies shake out. —Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025

But the way the CIF-SS rankings shook out, Tesoro was the top team in the Division 3 pool but was aced out of the playoffs because like other divisions Division 3 could not have an at-large team at the top. —Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025

Noun

But while fans eagerly await the leaderboard's final shakeout, one name has already slipped from contention: Robert MacIntyre. —Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Sep. 2025

All-Terrain Testing My first run in the shoe was a short 5k shakeout on the roads around downtown Chamonix. —Will Porter, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025