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Synonyms and Antonyms of shifts
- desperate shifts to stave off financial disaster
actions, acts, deeds, doings, feats, things
courses, procedures, proceedings, processes
accomplishments, achievements, attainments, coups, exploits, successes, triumphs
activities, affairs, businesses, dealings, enterprises, events
attempts, cracks, endeavors, essays, flings, goes, initiatives, operations, passes, shots, stabs, trials, tries, undertakings, whacks
efforts, exertions, labors, pains, troubles, whiles, works
projects, proposals, propositions
makeshifts, resorts, resources, stopgaps
countermeasures, countermoves (or counter-moves), countersteps (or counter-steps)
- made a small shift to the left to make more room on the bench
Synonyms and Antonyms of shifts
- he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over
bears, carries, carts, conveys, drives, hauls, lugs, totes, transmits, transplants, transports
replaces, supersedes, supplants
alters, makes over, modifies, redoes, refashions, remakes, remodels, revamps, revises, reworks, varies
- 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
- left the others to shift for themselves
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