Synonyms for shuffle
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Shamble — to change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate
3. Evade
evade, dodge, equivocate, hedge, fence, quibble, cavil, prevaricate, palter
Noun
1. Shift
Definitions
- v. 1
To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
- v. 2
To put in a random order.
You shuffle, and I'll deal.
- v. 3
To change; modify the order of something.
- n. 1
The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
He made a real mess of the last shuffle.
Related words
- Word family
- shuffleboard shufflepuck
- Phrases
- double shuffle mana shuffle riffle shuffle three-card shuffle
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| shuffle | rising | |
| prevaricate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- mix1
- 4 letters
- make1, walk1
- 5 letters
- shift1, trick1, fence1, dodge1, hedge1, evade2, scuff1, cavil
- 6 letters
- ruffle2, jumble2, palter
- 7 letters
- confuse2, evasion3, scuffle2, quibble2, shakeup2, mystify3, shamble2
- 8 letters
- intermix3
- 9 letters
- shambling
- 10 letters
- subterfuge3, equivocate4
- 11 letters
- prevaricate4
- 13 letters
- prevarication5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evade2 = 2 syllables).