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Synonyms for shifting
shift·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
shift, shiftingadjective
the act of moving from one place to another
"his constant shifting disrupted the class"
Synonyms:
work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, shift, sack, shift key, fractureAntonyms:
compact, invariable, steadyshiftingadjective
continuously varying
"taffeta with shifting colors"
Antonyms:
invariable, steady, compactshifting, shiftyadjective
changing position or direction
"he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"
Synonyms:
devious, unfirm, shiftyAntonyms:
invariable, compact, steadyshifting, unfirmadjective
(of soil) unstable
"shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"
Synonyms:
unfirm, unsteady, shiftyAntonyms:
compact, steady, invariable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
shiftingadjective
Synonyms:
unstable, variable, changeable
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "shifting":
changing, moving, transferring, change, evolving, displacement
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#347 | change | |
#1593 | moving | |
#1618 | break | |
#1810 | switch | |
#2484 | changing | |
#3711 | shift | |
#5045 | fault | |
#5110 | slip | |
#5603 | transformation | |
#6223 | switching | |
#9358 | teddy | |
#11713 | shifting | |
#11953 | evolving | |
#12691 | displacement | |
#12935 | transferring | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#15199 | sack | |
#21715 | devious | |
#41272 | chemise | |
#49479 | unsteady | |
#65516 | faulting | |
#66096 | shifty | |
#69415 | shimmy | |
#69728 | transmutation |
How to use shifting in a sentence?
We kind of knew it was coming, we just didnt know how quickly that trend was going to start shifting across the state.
Democrats are masters of blame-shifting when things go wrong. They find other scapegoats, as they did over the last number of years, but there is no one to blame but themselves. They own every, every state office but Legislature, assembly and governor's office. And obviously they have the U.S. Senate and the House, and the president.
The GE acquisition will give the white goods maker better sales channels in the U.S. and a better relationship with retailers, you also have the potential over time to create cost synergies from such things as sourcing and shifting manufacturing.
If we let the world keep warming as fast as it is, and sea levels rising as fast as they are, and weather patterns keep shifting in more unexpected ways, then before long we are going to have to devote more and more and more of our economic and military resources not to growing opportunity for our people but to adapting to the various consequences of a changing planet.
A cold front north of us will start shifting south and by Sunday evening, it will make progress toward Boston, Pittsburgh, St. Louis. By Monday morning, it might be reaching Washington, Cincinnati with some rain and thunderstorms.
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