Shifts

Synonyms for "shifts" (720 found)

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Verb(29 words)

budge pitch reposition stir switch transfer interchange move relocate swap 86 agitate bin blitz bustle can canoodle careen caress carry

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cast aside cast away cast off change change over chuck chuck away chuck out chuckle

chemise relocate stir switch transfer transformation shift key aberrancy aberration about face about ship about the bush about-face accommodation action ad hoc measure adaptation adjustment advance alchemy

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Noun(3 words)

shift key break chemise

Strong matches (216)

circle circuitousness climb come about come around come round commit conspiracy constructive change consume continuity contrivance conversion convert corner corps corsage countermove coup course of action

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craft crew crook curve curve-ball cute trick day shift deceit deceive declination defection deflection degenerate degeneration degenerative change delocalization delocalize demarche depart from departure deracination dernier ressort descend design deteriorate deterioration detour deviance deviancy deviate deviation device deviousness dickey difference digress digression dirty deal dirty trick disarrangement disarticulation discontinuity discursion disjointing dislocate dislocation dislodge displace displacement disturb dither divagate divagation divaricate divarication diverge divergence diversification diversify diversion diversity divert divide do over dodge dogleg dogwatch doppler effect double double a point drift drifting duck ebb ebb and flow edge effort equivocate errantry evade evade the issue evasion excursion excursus excuse exorbitation expediency expedient fakement falsify fast deal fault feint fence fetch fetch about ficelle finesse fitting flip flop flip-flop flop flounder flow fluctuate fondle forcible shift full time gambit game gang get get over get rid of gimmick go go about go around go round go sideways go through phases googly gradual change graveyard shift grift group growth gybe gyrate hairpin half time hasten haul around heave round hedge heel hem and haw heterotopia hocus pocus hocus-pocus hours improve improvement improvisation incoherence indirection interchange intrigue jibe jibe all standing joker juggle

Verb(36 words)

coax commute convert cosset counterchange dally dandle dawt develop discard dislodge dispose of ditch draw dump evolve exchange faddle feel up fly

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fond fondle get a move on get rid of grabble grope hasten haul haul ass haul one's ashes hie hump it hurry hurtle hustle jettison

Noun(8 words)

displacement duty period evasion fault faulting fracture french kiss geological fault

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jugglery jury rig jury-rig jury-rigged expedient knavery lapse last expedient last resort last shift lay aside lie linen little game lobster trick look after lurch luxation make make do make it

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make over makeshift manage maneuver manhandle market means means to an end measure meliorate melioration miss stays mitigate mitigation modification modulate modulation motion mount move move over movement moving mutate muu-muu mystify naturalization naturalize night shift nitpick obliquity obscure oscillate overthrow overtime palter parcel parry part time party pass passage pendulate pererration petticoat pick nits pis aller plot ploy plunge ply portion prevaricate progress prorate pull away pull back punish pussyfoot put about put aside put away put back put off qualification quibble quota racket radical change rambling ration re creation re-creation re-formation realignment rearrange recoil reconversion reconvert recourse red herring red shift redesign reduce reduce to reduction reform reformation refuge regress relay relocation remaking remotion removal remove removement render renewal reposition reshaping resolution resolve into resort resource restructuring retrogress reversal reverse revival revive revivification revolution ring the changes ripping out rise rotate round a point run ruse schedule scheme scurvy trick second seesaw sell send set aside shake up shake-up share sheer sheer off shift about shift off shifting shifting course shifting path shilly shally shilly-shally ship shirt shrink shuffle shunt shy shy away shy off side sidestep sink skew slant sleight sleight of hand sleight-of-hand trick slew slide smock soar solution spell spin split hairs split schedule split shift squad squirm staff stagger step step aside stint stopgap stratagem strategy straying stream string stroke stroke of policy subside substitute subterfuge succeed succession sudden change sunrise watch sway sweep swerve swerving swill swing swing round swing shift swing the stern swinging switch over switch-over tack tactic take a turn take away take care of team teeter teeter totter teeter-totter temporary expedient tendency tergiversate throw about time total change totter tour tour of duty transform transit transition transplant transpose travel trend trick trickery trump turn turn aside turn back turn into turn of work turn the corner turnabout turning turning into twist twist and turn undergarments undergo a change unhinging unjointing upheaval uproot uprooting vacillate variation variety vary veer violent change volte face volte-face waist wandering wane ward off warp watch waver wax and wane wear wear ship whirl wile wily device wind wobble work shift workers working hypothesis working proposition worsen worsening yaw zigzag

Verb(50 words)

junk lurch make haste make tracks metamorphize metamorphose move it nantle nudge pet pettle position race rattle one's hocks rearrange reconvert redistribute remove replace rush

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Noun(13 words)

sack shifting shimmy slip switch switching teddy transformation transmutation transport turn of duty work shift workshift

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But I have to take night shifts twice a week.

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From this we can derive the argument that major population shifts are not the result of economic change.

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It's OK if Yukiko can do the Tuesday, Thursday and Friday shifts from tomorrow.

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I would hate to work shifts.

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