- Types Of Speech
- You can use shift as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Shift
- A 1 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters f, h, i, s, and t, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter i. Shift starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sh, shi, shif, and the ending characters are t, ft, ift, hift, ..
- Definition
- The act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Shift is set as a grade one word that starts with s, ends with t, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is shift a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Shift in Pig Latin is said as "iftshay or iftshway".
- Unigram
- s | h | i | f | t
- Bigram
- sh | hi | if | ft
- Trigram
- shi | hif | ift
- Quadrigram
- shif | hift
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of changing one thing or position for another;
"his switch on abortion cost him the election" - the act of moving from one place to another;
"his constant shifting disrupted the class" - a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- a qualitative change
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a group of workers who work for a specific period of time
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;
"they built it right over a geological fault" - the time period during which you are at work
- Verb Examples
- make a shift in or exchange of;
"First Joe led;
then we switched" - move and exchange for another;
"shift the date for our class reunion" - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;
"switch to a different brand of beer";
"She switched psychiatrists";
"The car changed lanes" - change gears;
"you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" - move from one setting or context to another;
"shift the emphasis";
"shift one's attention" - change in quality;
"His tone shifted" - change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change;
"Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" - use a shift key on a keyboard;
"She could not shift so all ther letters are written in lower case" - move abruptly;
"The ship suddenly lurched to the left" - change place or direction;
"shift one's position" - move sideways or in an unsteady way;
"The ship careened out of control" - move very slightly;
"He shifted in his seat" - move around;
"transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandonment | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" |
| Aberrance | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| Aberrancy | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| Aberration | an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image |
| About Face | |
| About Face | |
| About Ship | |
| About The Bush | |
| Accommodation | (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the lens of the eye |
| Action | something done (usually as opposed to something said) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Shift
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another "his switch on abortion cost him the election" |
View English words with the unique letters used in shift. Words With The Letters Fhist
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alternate | someone who takes the place of another person |
| Change | the action of changing something "the change of government had no impact on the economy" "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
| Change Over | |
| Exchange | (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value "the endgame began after the exchange of queens" |
| Flip | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team "the pass was fumbled" |
| Flip Flop | |
| Interchange | mutual interaction the activity of interchanging or reciprocating |
| Shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another "his switch on abortion cost him the election" |
| Swap | an equal exchange "we had no money so we had to live by barter" |
| Switch | the act of changing one thing or position for another "his switch on abortion cost him the election" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Change | the action of changing something "the change of government had no impact on the economy" "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Switcheroo | a sudden unexpected switch |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Shifteh | Yes | Yes |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shift (5 letters) | 11 | 10 | shift | ||
| Shufti (6 letters) | 12 +1 | 12 +2 | shufti | ||
| Fetish (6 letters) | 12 +1 | 11 +1 | fetish | ||
| Catfish (7 letters) | 15 +4 | 15 +5 | catfish | ||
| Batfish (7 letters) | 15 +4 | 15 +5 | batfish | ||
| Fattish (7 letters) | 13 +2 | 12 +2 | fattish | ||
| Shifty (6 letters) | 15 +4 | 13 +3 | shifty | ||
| Fatisha (7 letters) | 13 +2 | 12 +2 | fatisha |
Shift Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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