Synonyms for Shoulder
ˈʃoʊl dərshoul·der

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1. shouldernoun

   the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

   Synonyms:
   articulatio humeri, berm, shoulder joint

2. shouldernoun

   a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg

   Synonyms:
   articulatio humeri, berm, shoulder joint

3. shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio humerinoun

   a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

   Synonyms:
   articulatio humeri, berm, shoulder, shoulder joint

4. shouldernoun

   the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder

   "an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform"

   Synonyms:
   articulatio humeri, berm, shoulder joint

5. shoulder, bermverb

   a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

   "the car pulled off onto the shoulder"

   Synonyms:
   articulatio humeri, berm, shoulder, shoulder joint

6. shoulderverb

   lift onto one's shoulders

7. shoulderverb

   push with the shoulders

   "He shouldered his way into the crowd"

8. shoulderverb

   carry a burden, either real or metaphoric

   "shoulder the burden"

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Carry
   • Cloth Covering
   • Cut Of Meat
   • Raise
   • Thrust

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1. shouldernoun

   Synonyms:
   projection, protuberance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shouldernoun

   Associated words:
   epaulet, shrug, espauliere, scapular, scapulary, baldric, infrascapular, omagra

2. shoulderverb

   Synonyms:
   jostle, push, assume, bear

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1. List of paraphrases for "shoulder":

   assume, shoulders, bear, elbow, take, side

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How to use Shoulder in a sentence?

1. Andrei Purgin:

   You can come up with whatever you want. The most that we, the rebels, were operating is the PZRK (shoulder-launched missile system). The ceiling for the PZRK is up to 4 km.

2. Stewart Perry:

   The woman sitting directly behind us touched me on the shoulder and asked if I was the father of the soldier killed in Afghanistan.

3. Philip Hammond:

   It will be carefully designed to ensure it is established tech giants, rather than our tech start-ups, that shoulder the burden.

4. Heidi Shierholz:

   We know that women still shoulder the majority of the responsibility for care work. When these care work demands go up it's totally reasonable to assume that this falls more to women than men, women will see income declines, because of cutting back hours and some will just end up dropping out.

5. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   Today Nato should invoke article 5 of our NATO agreement, which basically says an attack on an ally is an attack on us and an attack on all of the Western world, we as Americans must assert leadership and we need to stand shoulder to shoulder with France and the French people.