Synonyms for
Shifting
Definition
Moving or changing position or direction.
Synonyms & similar words
agitate
stir
tilt
shift
dislodge
unfirm
shifty
transfer
wobble
budge
change
switch
lurch
reposition
pitch
changeover
careen
changing
moving
switching
adjusting
transferring
relocating
shuffling
displacing
repositioning
turning
rotating
swapping
fluctuating
alternating
oscillating
vacillating
varying
modulating
morphing
mutating
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- shifting sands
- shifting perspectives
- shifting alliances
- shifting demographics
- shifting goalposts
- shifting focus
- shifting blame
Word family
Usage note
The adjective 'shifting' often implies a gradual or continuous change. Be mindful of context; 'shifting blame' is a common, often negative, collocation.
Example sentences
- She was shifting her weight back and forth nervously.
- The gears in the car were shifting smoothly.
- He was shifting the blame onto someone else.
- The weather was shifting from sunny to cloudy.
- The tectonic plates are constantly shifting under the earth's surface.
Quotes
There are always new possibilities with this music, and always new surprises, even for me after all these years. I feel like I'm still discovering it myself, still shifting it around. - John Zorn
I have to keep upping the ante-and that's why I'm always changing and reinventing myself, and trying to do things that are new, and different, and avant-garde. Sometimes, maybe it's too avant-garde. And sometimes maybe it's too safe. And sometimes it's just right. And that's the shifting sands of creativity. - Madonna
The world is changing fast and the way we work has to change, too. - Sheryl Sandberg