Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "shift" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

unshift

Derived Terms

Bezold-Brücke shift Doppler shift Lamb shift Purkinje shift Shift JIS allylic shift blue shift blueshift chain shift chemical shift continental shift dative shift ever-shifting evershifting field shift first shift frameshifted frequency shift keying frequency-shift keying gear shift hoot owl shift hot shift isotope shift language shift left shift lift and shift lobster shift make-shift mass shift modal shift money shift nonshifted ovulatory shift hypothesis paradigm shift phase shift keying phase-shift keying preshift preshifted put a shift in red shift redshift right shift second shift seismic shift semantic shift shift about shift and drift shift break shift dress shift gears shift ground shift in shift key shift lead shift lever shift lock shift off shift one's ground shift one's tides shift out shift register shift stick shift the cut shift the deckchairs on the Titanic shift the dial shift the goalposts shift work shifting baseline syndrome shiftwork sound shift stick shift stickshift tax shift third shift tilt-shift twilight shift unshift unshifted vibe shift work shift you're only as good as your last shift

Context

baseball computer keyboards computing crude genetics historical ireland mining phonetics slang typewriters us vulgar

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abandon alter alteration change change cleft crack crevice crew displace dress exchange fissure frock gang hours interchange key modification modify motion move move movement replace scissure substitute switch translation type typewrite undergarment unmentionable work party

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

antigenic shift blueshift day shift graveyard shift locking shift make shift night shift redshift split shift swing shift wind shift

Type Of (IsA)

gang hours motion translation

Manner Of

change move substitute switch type

Part Of

work force workday

Related Terms

arsed bothered

Related Terms

array binary bit shift change digit dislocation dispose of fault function gear hurry infield shift key modifier key movement rotate seam slip swap

Similar Terms

change commute convert exchange

Synonym Network

careen chemise fault fondle get rid of hasten interchange lurch relocate reposition shift key stir switch transfer transformation

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