Antonyms for shift
ʃɪftshift

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1. Shiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   shift key

2. shiftverb

   To change, swap.

   His political stance shifted daily.

   Synonyms:
   shift key

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1. shiftverb

   To change is distinctively to make a thing other than it has been, in some respect at least; to exchange to put or take something else in its place; to alter is ordinarily to change partially, to make different in one or more particulars. To exchange is often to transfer ownership; as, to exchange city for country property. Change is often used in the sense of exchange; as, to change horses. To transmute is to change the qualities while the substance remains the same; as, to transmute the baser metals into gold. To transform is to change form or appearance, with or without deeper and more essential change; it is less absolute than transmute, tho sometimes used for that word, and is often used in a spiritual sense as transmute could not be; "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind," Rom. xii, 2. Transfigure is, as in its Scriptural use, to change in an exalted and glorious spiritual way; "Jesus ... was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light," Matt. xvii, 1, 2. To metamorphose is to make some remarkable change, ordinarily in external qualities, but often in structure, use, or chemical constitution, as of a caterpillar into a butterfly, of the stamens of a plant into petals, or of the crystalline structure of rocks, hence called "metamorphic rocks," as when a limestone is metamorphosed into a marble. To vary is to change from time to time, often capriciously. To commute is to put something easier, lighter, milder, or in some way more favorable in place of that which is commuted; as, to commute capital punishment to imprisonment for life; to commute daily fares on a railway to a monthly payment. To convert (Latin con, with, and verto, turn) is to primarily turn about, and signifies to change in form, character, use, etc., through a wide range of relations; iron is converted into steel, joy into grief, a sinner into a saint. To turn is a popular word for change in any sense short of the meaning of exchange, being often equivalent to alter, convert, transform, transmute, etc. We modify or qualify a statement which might seem too strong; we modify it by some limitation, qualify it by some addition.

   Antonyms:
   abide, bide, continue, endure, hold, keep, persist, remain, retain, stay

   Synonyms:
   alter, change, change, commute, convert, diversify, exchange, metamorphose, modify, qualify, substitute, transfigure, transform, transmute, turn, vary, veer

   Preposition:
   To change a home toilet for a street dress; to change from a caterpillar to or into a butterfly; to change clothes with a beggar.

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1. shiftverb

   Antonyms:
   fix, fasten, locate, insert, pitch, plant, place

   Synonyms:
   change, alter, transfer, shelve, displace, remove

2. shiftnoun

   Antonyms:
   miscontrivance, fixity, steadiness, retention, location, permanence

   Synonyms:
   contrivance, expedient, substitute, pretext, motive, change, evasion, device, artifice, resource, transference

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1. shift, displacementnoun

   an event in which something is displaced without rotation

   Synonyms:
   work shift, transmutation, fault, supplanting, displacement, slip, deracination, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, displacement reaction, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, sack, translation, shift key, fracture

2. transformation, transmutation, shiftnoun

   a qualitative change

   Synonyms:
   work shift, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shift key, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, break, shimmy, teddy, transubstantiation, switching, transformation, switch, sack, translation, transmutation, fracture

3. shift, work shift, duty periodnoun

   the time period during which you are at work

   Synonyms:
   work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, sack, shift key, fracture

4. switch, switching, shiftnoun

   the act of changing one thing or position for another

   "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

   Synonyms:
   electrical switch, work shift, fault, displacement, transposition, duty period, shift key, shifting, sack, chemise, break, geological fault, faulting, substitution, shimmy, teddy, slip, switching, transformation, replacement, switch, permutation, transmutation, fracture, electric switch

5. shift, shiftingnoun

   the act of moving from one place to another

   "his constant shifting disrupted the class"

   Synonyms:
   work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, sack, shift key, fracture

6. fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, breaknoun

   (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

   "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

   Synonyms:
   prison-breaking, suspension, gap, jailbreak, respite, sack, happy chance, crack, interruption, chemise, duty period, severance, rift, prisonbreak, transmutation, recess, breakout, displacement, faulting, defect, switch, geological fault, teddy, shifting, falling out, break, intermission, good luck, breaking, shimmy, open frame, gaolbreak, mistake, slip, disruption, breach, breakage, flaw, shift key, demerit, fault, pause, fracture, time out, switching, work shift, rupture, break of serve, cracking, transformation, error

7. shiftnoun

   a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

   Synonyms:
   work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, sack, shift key, fracture

8. shift key, shiftnoun

   the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

   Synonyms:
   work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, shifting, chemise, geological fault, faulting, break, shimmy, teddy, switching, transformation, switch, sack, shift key, fracture

9. chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddynoun

   a woman's sleeveless undergarment

   Synonyms:
   cutting, berth, trip, faux pas, sack, pillowcase, shift key, miscue, gaffe, transmutation, slickness, duty period, slipperiness, slip of paper, pillow slip, mooring, slick, displacement, gaucherie, parapraxis, chemise, switch, elusion, geological fault, teddy, shifting, sideslip, break, eluding, shimmy, faulting, moorage, skid, case, teddy bear, fault, fracture, switching, work shift, strip, solecism, transformation, slip, slip-up

10. chemise, sack, shiftverb

    a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

    Synonyms:
    pocket, paper bag, firing, liberation, sack, duty period, shift key, release, transmutation, carrier bag, poke, sacking, displacement, faulting, chemise, switch, geological fault, teddy, sacque, shifting, hammock, break, shimmy, dismissal, sac, fault, fracture, pouch, switching, discharge, work shift, dismission, transformation, slip, sackful

11. switch, change over, shiftverb

    make a shift in or exchange of

    "First Joe led; then we switched"

    Synonyms:
    exchange, change, throw, interchange, budge, dislodge, careen, agitate, wobble, lurch, tack, alternate, reposition, stir, tilt, switch over, flip-flop, pitch, flip, trade, convert, switch, transfer, change over, swap, swop

12. shift, dislodge, repositionverb

    change place or direction

    "Shift one's position"

    Synonyms:
    wobble, pitch, budge, bump, lurch, agitate, reposition, free, stir, change, careen, tilt, switch, transfer, change over, dislodge

13. transfer, shiftverb

    move around

    "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"

    Synonyms:
    reassign, change, agitate, budge, channel, careen, transplant, transport, remove, transpose, stir, reposition, tilt, wobble, pitch, channelize, transmit, lurch, switch, channelise, transfer, change over, dislodge

14. stir, shift, budge, agitateverb

    move very slightly

    "He shifted in his seat"

    Synonyms:
    fight, touch, shake up, charge, excite, arouse, put forward, raise up, shake, transfer, commove, tilt, vex, agitate, stir, call down, conjure, stimulate, switch, rouse, budge, bring up, campaign, conjure up, reposition, invoke, raise, turn on, pitch, lurch, call forth, change over, careen, wobble, dislodge, evoke, charge up, push, foment, crusade, change, press, stir up, disturb

15. shiftverb

    move from one setting or context to another

    "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

16. shiftverb

    change in quality

    "His tone shifted"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

17. shiftverb

    move and exchange for another

    "shift the date for our class reunion"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

18. careen, wobble, shift, tiltverb

    move sideways or in an unsteady way

    "The ship careened out of control"

    Synonyms:
    coggle, pitch, agitate, keel, careen, switch, wobble, change, tip, lean, reposition, stir, swag, tilt, cant over, stagger, lurch, shimmy, transfer, cant, angle, change over, reel, slant, budge, dislodge

19. lurch, pitch, shiftverb

    move abruptly

    "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

    Synonyms:
    cant, gear, transfer, huckster, set up, cant over, flip, tilt, agitate, deliver, peddle, hawk, stir, change, prowl, switch, reel, reposition, sky, keel, swag, budge, pitch, lurch, toss, change over, careen, wobble, dislodge, incline, monger, slope, skunk, vend, stagger, slant

20. shiftverb

    use a shift key on a keyboard

    "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

21. shiftverb

    change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

    "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

22. shiftverb

    change gears

    "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"

    Synonyms:
    switch, careen, lurch, stir, transfer, wobble, change, dislodge, budge, reposition, change over, pitch, agitate, tilt

23. switch, shift, changeverb

    lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

    "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"

    Synonyms:
    exchange, change, throw, interchange, budge, careen, agitate, alter, commute, wobble, lurch, tack, alternate, reposition, vary, stir, tilt, switch over, flip-flop, pitch, flip, modify, trade, swop, switch, transfer, change over, deepen, swap, convert, dislodge

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1. shiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   subterfuge, device, contrivance, evasion, stratagem, trick, dodge, resource, expedient, change, substitution, chemise

2. shiftverb

   Synonyms:
   veer, change, turn, quirk, quibble, palter, change, substitute

How to use shift in a sentence?

1. James Chao:

   Global automakers have largely focused on more expensive segments instead of the no-frills market that local Chinese brands have targeted, now, the lower-cost market is taking off and some global makers are finding their more premium products poorly positioned for this growth shift. And the worse news is that their product pipelines for the no-frills market is, with only a few exceptions, empty.

2. Katri Hemio:

   One result surprised us . . . we found that education level did not affect the results, it seems that shift work itself strongly affects workers’ eating habits.

3. Gail Saltz:

   You feeling great, sexy, or confident could shift the balance of the relationship, they fear losing the identity of the more confident one or losing the upper hand.

4. Gabriel Vecchi:

   This study shows very nicely that the impact of aerosols is not isolated to the Atlantic, but involves a global shift in the distribution of tropical cyclones, aerosols are among the most uncertain elements of the climate system, so I think that there should — and I predict there will — be follow-on studies that explore the sensitivity of the results to a range of aerosol-related uncertainties.

5. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush:

   She woke up at 4 o'clock, she had a 12-hour shift, she had to take her child to drop her child off before she went to work.

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