Shrug

Synonyms for "shrug" (47 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

Strong matches (14)

Related words (23)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

5 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

2 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

is a

1 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

28 entries

Showing 16 of 28 words.

Translations

76 translations across 33 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Arabic

1 entries
  • هَزَّ كَتِفَيْن verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թոթվել ուսերը verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • по́ціск плячы́ма noun (gesture)
  • паці́снуць плячы́ма verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • паціска́ць плячы́ма verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • вди́гане на ра́мене noun (gesture)
  • вди́гам ра́мене verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • вди́гна ра́мене verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Catalan

3 entries
  • encongiment d'espatlles noun (gesture)
  • arronsar les espatlles verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • s'arronsar d'espatlles verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 聳肩 /耸肩 noun (gesture)
  • 聳 /耸 verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • 聳肩 /耸肩 verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Czech

1 entries
  • pokrčit rameny verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Danish

2 entries
  • skuldertræk noun (gesture)
  • trække på skuldrene verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Dutch

3 entries
  • schouderophalen noun (gesture)
  • schokschouderen verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • schouders ophalen verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • ŝultromovado noun (gesture)
  • ŝultrumado noun (gesture)
  • levi la ŝultrojn verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • ŝultrumi verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Finnish

3 entries
  • olankohautus noun (gesture)
  • kohauttaa olkapäitään verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • kohauttaa olkiaan verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

French

2 entries
  • haussement d'épaules noun (gesture)
  • hausser les épaules verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

German

4 entries
  • Achselzucken noun (gesture)
  • Schulterzucken noun (gesture)
  • mit den Achseln zucken verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • mit den Schultern zucken verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מָשַׁךְ בִּכְתֵפַיִם verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • vállrándítás noun (gesture)
  • megvonja a vállát verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • vállat rándít verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • vállat von verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Italian

2 entries
  • spalluccia noun (gesture)
  • fare spallucce verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 肩を窄める verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • 肩を竦める verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Korean

1 entries
  • 어깨를 으쓱하다 verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • крева раменици verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • крене раменици verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Māori

2 entries
  • hikihiki pakihiwi verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • hikihiki pakihiwi verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Persian

1 entries
  • شانه بالا انداختن verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Polish

3 entries
  • wzruszenie ramionami noun (gesture)
  • wzruszać ramionami verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • wzruszyć ramionami verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • dar de ombros noun (gesture)
  • encolhida de ombros noun (gesture)
  • dar de ombros verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • encolher os ombros verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Romanian

1 entries
  • da din umeri verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Russian

3 entries
  • пожима́ние плеча́ми noun (gesture)
  • пожа́ть плеча́ми verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • пожима́ть плеча́ми verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • crathadh noun (gesture)
  • crath verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • slijeganje ramenima noun (gesture)
  • слијегање раменима noun (gesture)
  • slegnuti ramenima verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • слегнути раменима verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pokrčiť plecami verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Slovene

1 entries
  • skomigniti z rameni verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Spanish

3 entries
  • encogimiento de hombros noun (gesture)
  • encoger / alzar los hombros verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • encogerse de hombros verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Swedish

2 entries
  • axelryckning noun (gesture)
  • rycka på axlarna verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Turkish

1 entries
  • omuz silkmek verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • зни́зування плечи́ма noun (gesture)
  • зни́зувати плечи́ма verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)
  • зниза́ти плечи́ма verb (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She gave a shrug of the shoulders.

Source: tatoeba (313476)

Tom answered with another shrug.

Source: tatoeba (6783025)

With a shrug and some sorrow, Europeans bid 'Adieu' to EU member Britain.

Source: tatoeba (8500873)

Shrug your shoulders.

Source: tatoeba (9853914)

Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.

More for "shrug"

MeaningAntonymsSentencesWord Type

Keep exploring

Compare antonymsUse in sentencesRead the blog

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.