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Synonyms for shut
ʃʌtshut

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shut

    Synonyms:
    close, contract, confine, preclude, bar, fasten

    Antonyms:
    open, expand, unclose, unbar, unfasten

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shut, unopen, closedadjective

    not open

    "the door slammed shut"

    Synonyms:
    unsympathetic, unopen, closed in(p), closed(a), closed

    Antonyms:
    unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open, open

  2. closed, shutverb

    used especially of mouth or eyes

    "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"

    Synonyms:
    closed, unopen, unsympathetic, closed(a), closed in(p)

    Antonyms:
    open, unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open

  3. close, shutverb

    move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

    "Close the door"; "shut the window"

    Synonyms:
    exclude, shut down, come together, close, fold, close down, conclude, keep out, fill up, close up, shut out

    Antonyms:
    open, unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open

  4. close, shutverb

    become closed

    "The windows closed with a loud bang"

    Synonyms:
    exclude, shut down, come together, close, fold, close down, conclude, keep out, fill up, close up, shut out

    Antonyms:
    wide-open, open, ajar(p), unfastened

  5. exclude, keep out, shut out, shutverb

    prevent from entering; shut out

    "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"

    Synonyms:
    turf out, boot out, leave out, omit, chuck out, debar, close, exclude, bar, keep out, leave off, eject, turn out, except, shut out, take out

    Antonyms:
    unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open, open

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shutverb

    Synonyms:
    close, close up

  2. shutverb

    Synonyms:
    enclose, confine, imprison, shut up, coop up, lock up, close the door upon

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  1. shutverb

    Synonyms:
    close, debar, exclude, preclude, (shut up) confine, imprison, coop up, incarcerate, immure

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "shut":

    closed, close, farm, firm, closure, shh, ferme, closes, locked, closing

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How to use shut in a sentence?

  1. Mike Sena:

    When you shut down a platform that has public access, you drive people out of the light, oftentimes that’s our only way to find them because they’re having conversation and making statements that are open to see.

  2. Shuabu Lawal:

    A boy ran into my shop and said his father and elder brother had been shot. He was only wearing shorts, no top and sweating despite the wintry weather. I shut down my shop immediately, leaving some items outside.

  3. Erin Billings:

    We are in the peak of our thunderstorm season but as we progress into late July and August, we transition to more southwesterly flow which tends to shut off our thunderstorm season.

  4. Josh Hawley:

    Our policy should be help the Ukrainians defend themselves, we should help arm them, we should get our energy sector producing again, and we ought to shut down the Russians, that’s what we need to do. That would be a strong response.

  5. Michael Bennet:

    And now we're here with the government shut down over his broken promise while the Chinese are landing spacecraft on the dark side of the moon. That's what they're doing.


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