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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
In some cases, though, companies will be able to absorb tariffs or higher production costs if shifting manufacturing locations.
This flexibility could allow for reduced electrical requirements for the heating system or load shifting to times when electricity is less expensive and/or cleaner.
They ignored the history of immigration and ethnicity that pointed to the shifting notion of who gets to be white in America.
However, the global economy is shifting rapidly, and pressure is mounting.
On Saturday though, the blemishes were obvious and plentiful - and this autumn they seem to be setting in, rather than shifting.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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