SHUFFLING Synonyms: 213 Similar and Opposite Words

shuffling 1 of 2

adjective

as in lumbering

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as in ambling

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shuffling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of shuffle

as in stomping

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

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as in disrupting

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

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Recent Examples of shuffling

Verb

The filmmaker has likened his perspective in this project to that of Dorothy’s dog Toto in The Wizard of Oz, alert to the shuffling feet beneath the curtain rather than being bamboozled by the shyster title character’s techno showmanship. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Not much else changed in Class 5A, besides Azle and Arlington Seguin shuffling down two spots with Week 2 losses. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2026 The bull riders—including the current champion, 20-year-old John Crimber—stand with their cowboy hat over their heart, boots shuffling nervously in the dirt. — Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026 There must have been a hundred of us there, circling the truck, clambering onto its hood, shuffling and shimmying and twerking with abandon. — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Summary The Chicago Cubs are currently shuffling their infield due to Dansby Swanson's oblique injury, moving Nico Hoerner to shortstop and Pedro Ramírez to second base. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Keeping your eye on Bredeson is as hard as tracking a ball beneath shuffling cups. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Frank Beard, the longtime, hard-shuffling drummer for Texas rock greats ZZ Top, died on Monday. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026 Frank Beard, the hard-shuffling drummer who anchored ZZ Top for more than five decades, has died at the age of 77. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuffling

Adjective

The Cubs players continued to taunt Ruth at every opportunity, and a big one came their way in the bottom of the fourth inning when Jurges slashed a sinking liner into right field and the lumbering, top-heavy Babe muffed a shoestring catch.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

Definition of lumbering

Adjective

Bennie Liebenberg, a former geologist at the mine who was serving as our guide, has the plodding, slightly wide-eyed manner of someone who has spent a lot of time underground.

— James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
During the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, activists from the gay community lambasted him and his institute for the plodding pace of research on the virus.

— Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Definition of plodding

Verb

What’s Happening Videos of people pouring Epsom salt onto baking sheets, towels or shower floors and stomping barefoot for roughly 10 minutes have racked up views across TikTok, with users claiming the practice eases anxiety and improves sleep.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
Pembroke Pines police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who was recorded on security-camera footage stomping an adult duck to death.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomping

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And an unprecedented immigration crackdown is disrupting the labor supply in agriculture, construction, hospitality and food processing, raising prices even further.

— Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early Sunday, prompting flight cancellations at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and disrupting flights at other airports.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of disrupting

Adjective

These spectacular edible creations push the wobbly confection to its limits.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of wobbly

Adjective

No more distractions, no more lingering questions, just a baller who loves this sport and continues to level up.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Although the treatment significantly reduced the cancer, follow-up exams showed lingering traces of the disease.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of lingering

Verb

Unlike other festivals, where audiences can be more forgiving, stumbling out of the gate at Venice can prove impossible for a contender to recover from.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Analysis from Zeki Data shows that where OpenAI and Anthropic are making gains in the AI talent market, Google DeepMind (and to some extent Meta) are stumbling.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026