shifting

shifting is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Shift. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Shift
2. adjective. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles.
3. adjective. Adapted or used for shifting anything.
4. noun. the act of moving from one place to another

   "his constant shifting disrupted the class"

   Synonyms: shift

5. adjective. (of soil) unstable

   "shifting sands"

   "unfirm earth"

   Synonyms: unfirm

6. adjective. changing position or direction

   "he drifted into the shifting crowd"

   "their nervous shifting glances"

   Synonyms: shifty

7. adjective. continuously varying

   "taffeta with shifting colors"

Synonyms

shift, unfirm, shifty

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shifting:

infights

Common word forms

shift, shiftings, shiftingly, shiftingness

Words from these letters

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