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shifting
adjective as in active
Strong matches
adjective as in changeable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- agitated
- commutative
- convertible
- fitful
- flighty
- fluid
- impulsive
- inconstant
- indecisive
- irregular
- irresolute
- irresponsible
- kaleidoscopic
- mobile
- movable
- permutable
- restless
- reversible
- revocable
- skittish
- spasmodic
- transformable
- transitional
- uncertain
- unreliable
- unsteady
- vacillating
- vagrant
- variable
- variant
- versatile
- wavering
- whimsical
adjective as in errant
adjective as in erratic
Strongest matches
adjective as in fitful
adjective as in fluid
adjective as in incongruent
Weak matches
- alien
- bizarre
- conflicting
- contradictory
- disconsonant
- discordant
- discrepant
- disparate
- dissonant
- distorted
- divergent
- extraneous
- fantastic
- fitful
- foreign
- illogical
- improper
- inappropriate
- inapropos
- inapt
- incoherent
- incompatible
- inconsistent
- irreconcilable
- irregular
- jumbled
- lopsided
- mismatched
- out of keeping
- rambling
- twisted
- unavailing
- unbalanced
- unbecoming
- unconnected
- uncoordinated
- uneven
- unintelligible
- unpredictable
- unrelated
- unsuitable
- unsuited
adjective as in incongruous
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- alien
- conflicting
- disconsonant
- discordant
- disparate
- distorted
- divergent
- extraneous
- fantastic
- fitful
- foreign
- illogical
- improper
- inapropos
- inapt
- incongruent
- inconsistent
- irreconcilable
- irregular
- jumbled
- lopsided
- mismatched
- out of keeping
- rambling
- twisted
- unavailing
- unbalanced
- unbecoming
- unconnected
- uncoordinated
- uneven
- unintelligible
- unpredictable
- unrelated
- unsuitable
- unsuited
adjective as in inconstant
adjective as in intermittent
Strongest matches
adjective as in irregular
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- aimless
- casual
- changeable
- designless
- desultory
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- fitful
- fluctuating
- fragmentary
- haphazard
- hit-or-miss
- inconstant
- indiscriminate
- infrequent
- nonuniform
- occasional
- out of order
- patchy
- purposeless
- recurrent
- shaky
- spasmodic
- uncertain
- unconsidered
- unmethodical
- unpunctual
- unsettled
- unsteady
- unsystematic
- up and down
adjective as in itinerant
Strongest matches
adjective as in migrant/migratory
adjective as in migrational
adjective as in momentary
adjective as in moving
adjective as in on-again, off-again
Weak matches
- alternate
- arrested
- broken
- by bits and pieces
- checked
- cyclic
- cyclical
- discontinuing
- discontinuous
- epochal
- every other
- fitful
- here and there
- hit-or-miss
- infrequent
- interrupted
- isochronal
- isochronous
- iterant
- iterative
- metrical
- now and then
- occasional
- on and off
- periodic
- periodical
- punctuated
- recurrent
- recurring
- rhythmic
- rhythmical
- seasonal
- serial
- spasmodic
- sporadic
- stop-and-go
adjective as in pro tem
Weak matches
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- Band-Aid
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- interim
- limited
- make-do
- makeshift
- momentary
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- short
- short-lived
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- temp
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
adjective as in ranging
Strong matches
adjective as in short-range
Strongest match
Weak matches
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- Band-Aid
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- interim
- limited
- make-do
- makeshift
- momentary
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- short
- short-lived
- short-term
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- temp
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
adjective as in short-term
Weak matches
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- Band-Aid
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- make-do
- makeshift
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- short
- short-lived
- short-range
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- temp
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
adjective as in standardizing
Weak matches
adjective as in temporary
Strong matches
adjective as in transmigratory
adjective as in unsettled
Strongest matches
adjective as in unsteady
adjective as in vacillating
Strong matches
Weak match
adjective as in vacillating
adjective as in vagabond
Strong matches
adjective as in variable
adjective as in varying
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in movement
Strong matches
noun as in reformation
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
Example Sentences
“The rest of the world is shifting to clean energy,” Manish Bapna, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement Monday.
In between the customers, vendors were constantly on the move, expertly shifting buckets of flowers from nearby coolers onto the floor or stripping faded petals and leaves from new bunches of flowers.
With Trump preparing to begin his second term as president, the cultural and political winds appear to be shifting in the direction of content that appeals to conservative audiences.
That’s critical because the population is shifting dramatically as climate change raises the threat of wildfire and other disasters.
The director and cinematographer Adrian Teijido also make the home a shifting co-star and a physical metaphor for Brazil as a whole.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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