Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

noon balloon

Derived Terms

Milwaukee shoulder syndrome chip on one's shoulder cold shoulder cold shoulder sleeve cold-shoulder double shoulder lock frozen shoulder give someone the cold shoulder hard shoulder heave-shoulder hip and shoulder look over one's shoulder off-the-shoulder over the left shoulder over-the-shoulder boulder holder pull away the shoulder put one's shoulder into put one's shoulder to the wheel rub shoulders set one's shoulder to the wheel shoulder angel shoulder arms shoulder bag shoulder belt shoulder blade shoulder block shoulder bolt shoulder bone shoulder button shoulder check shoulder devil shoulder display shoulder drop shoulder girdle shoulder impingement syndrome shoulder joint shoulder knot shoulder mark shoulder pad shoulder piece shoulder pole shoulder season shoulder surf shoulder surfer shoulder surfing shoulder to cry on shoulder to shoulder shoulder-barge shoulder-blade shoulder-knot shoulder-length shoulder-of-mutton sail shoulder-pole shoulder-strap shoulder-to-shoulder shoulderboard straight from the shoulder straight-from-the-shoulder with one shoulder you can't put an old head on young shoulders

Etymologically Related To

shield

Context

anatomy firearms music printing topography

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

articulatio spheroidea ball-and-socket joint body part bring up carry cloth covering cotyloid joint cut cut of meat edge elevate enarthrodial joint enarthrosis get up lift raise spheroid joint thrust transport

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

hard shoulder soft shoulder

Type Of (IsA)

anatomical structure ball and socket joint body part cloth covering cut edge external anatomical part joint outdoor location solid object

Manner Of

raise thrust transport

Part Of

body cello chuck garment road torso

Related Terms

above above arm abutment arm arm joint arm neck arm socket arm top arms arms connection bastion below below neck beside beside neck bevelled body body part bottle cartridge connection connects connects arm face fist flank foreleg hard shoulder hill instrument joint lateral mountain neck part protrusion push put road shrugging socket soldier support tenon timber top torso type

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