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shift
Synonyms and Antonyms of shift
- desperate shifts to stave off financial disaster
act, action, deed, doing, feat, thing
course, procedure, proceeding, process
activity, affair, business, dealing, enterprise, event
attempt, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, go, initiative, operation, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, undertaking, whack
effort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, while, work
project, proposal, proposition
- We made a small shift to the left to make more room on the bench.
Synonym Discussion of shift
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- exhausted all of their resources
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- a last resort
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- a flimsy expedient
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- desperate shifts to stave off foreclosure
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- old equipment employed as a makeshift
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- a new law intended only as a stopgap
shift
Synonyms and Antonyms of shift
- He shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over.
- She shifted uncomfortably in her seat throughout the interview.
- She watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue.
- My brother and I shifted seats just before takeoff so that he could sit by the window.
- I left the others to shift for themselves.
fend for oneself, make do, make ends meet, make shift
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