SHUFFLES Synonyms: 183 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of shuffle

as in jumbles

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things the paper got lost in the shuffle on his desk

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shuffles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of shuffle

as in stomps

to move heavily or clumsily the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers

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as in disrupts

to undo the proper order or arrangement of shuffle the cards and deal five to each player

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Recent Examples of shuffles

Noun

Even after the band shuffles offstage, the air feels electric, the crowd lingering in place to delay the post-set comedown. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026 Blashill’s line experiments took to the ice Thursday, with line shuffles of Frank Nazar with Patrick Kane, Anton Frondell, Roman Kantserov, Teuvo Teräväinen and Tyler Bertuzzi. — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 With all of his flexes and stares and shuffles, every plate appearance feels like an event. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 More than three weeks might sound like a long time, but the calendar for Bengals coaches considering roster shuffles and cut decisions looks different. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The decision follows a series of product shuffles and disputes with the Canadian auto union, Unifor. — Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Exercises like lateral shuffles, skater jumps, and cone drills build lower-body strength while training your body to change direction quickly. — Jakob Roze, HEALTH, 29 July 2026 While spun as voluntary resignations, these sorts of shuffles typically indicate top brass — in this case, Netflix content chief Bela Bajaria — is looking to shake up its slates or thinks that fresh eyes are needed to guide programming. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 16 July 2026 Sellke, Shi, and Wang then showed that after a certain number of shuffles (which depended on how many cards were in the deck), the overlap between the decks’ regions of unmixed cards disappeared at an exponential rate. — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2026

Verb

My brother looks at the floor, mumbles something, and then shuffles away from the table. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026 The line shuffles forward quickly, and my heart knots in my chest as Heartfillers are dosed to each person up ahead. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 In the clip, Dawkins shuffles out onto the field with no shirt, a pair of Crocs and a clear plastic bag ready to get the ol' inside-out treatment. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026 An exhibition game also shuffles the storylines — some players emerge, others might fade. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 On a cloudy-white Sunday morning in June, Joey Phelps shuffles into the familiar back pew of Yeakley Chapel, the small Methodist church that has been a part of his life for nearly 50 years. — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2026 At the sound of morning prayers, an older Clarissa awakens from this dream and shuffles out to her lawn, where the leafy bush has been replaced with the industrial skyline of Lagos. — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 Tristan returns home and greets James while Siegfried shuffles the woman out the window. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026 In front of me, as various motors rev up to speed, the robot shuffles in place, looking like an arthritic boxer readying for a fight. — James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuffles

Noun

Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.

— Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.

— Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of jumbles

Verb

Haidt argues that social media disrupts kids’ social and neurological development, contributing to rising anxiety and depression through sleep loss, fragmented attention, addiction, loneliness, social comparison and perfectionism.

— Ari Lightman, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Washingtonâ€™s policy â€œis more about visibility and narrativeâ€¦ than one that genuinely disrupts organized crime,â€� an expert told The Wall Street Journal.

— Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of disrupts

Noun

Independent retailers typically place smaller orders, have fewer approval layers, and can adjust assortments closer to delivery than large national chains.

— Jessica Binns, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
The vintage furniture—frames and mirrors and desks dating anywhere from the 16th to 19th centuries—sings in artful assortments.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of assortments

Verb

The film will follow a boy (Leber), left to his own devices, who stumbles upon a secret late-night broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
While going through Verity’s files, Lowen stumbles on her memoir, an alleged confession.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of stumbles

Verb

The legal system dehumanizes her, the support group confuses her, and one of her friends painfully disappoints her.

— Carey Purcell, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
This confuses each Nyota but also those around them, who note that the Nyotas have rather quickly assumed new hairstyles but also that neither is behaving quite like herself.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of confuses

Verb

Some of the sightings claim a man wearing clothing typical of the 17th or 18th centuries, a man dressed in Confederate attire in the liquor room, a ghost of a former worker Joseph Hardesty and a female who actively disturbs visitors to her home.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Vibration disturbs the natural sediments in wine, flattening the flavor and aging it prematurely.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026