Synonyms for shut
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1. shut

   Synonyms:
   close, contract, confine, preclude, bar, fasten

   Antonyms:
   open, expand, unclose, unbar, unfasten

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1. shut, unopen, closedadjective

   not open

   "the door slammed shut"

   Synonyms:
   unsympathetic, unopen, closed in(p), closed(a), closed

   Antonyms:
   unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open, open

2. closed, shutverb

   used especially of mouth or eyes

   "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"

   Synonyms:
   closed, unopen, unsympathetic, closed(a), closed in(p)

   Antonyms:
   open, unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open

3. close, shutverb

   move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

   "Close the door"; "shut the window"

   Synonyms:
   exclude, shut down, come together, close, fold, close down, conclude, keep out, fill up, close up, shut out

   Antonyms:
   open, unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open

4. close, shutverb

   become closed

   "The windows closed with a loud bang"

   Synonyms:
   exclude, shut down, come together, close, fold, close down, conclude, keep out, fill up, close up, shut out

   Antonyms:
   wide-open, open, ajar(p), unfastened

5. exclude, keep out, shut out, shutverb

   prevent from entering; shut out

   "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"

   Synonyms:
   turf out, boot out, leave out, omit, chuck out, debar, close, exclude, bar, keep out, leave off, eject, turn out, except, shut out, take out

   Antonyms:
   unfastened, ajar(p), wide-open, open

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1. shutverb

   Synonyms:
   close, close up

2. shutverb

   Synonyms:
   enclose, confine, imprison, shut up, coop up, lock up, close the door upon

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1. shutverb

   Synonyms:
   close, debar, exclude, preclude, (shut up) confine, imprison, coop up, incarcerate, immure

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1. List of paraphrases for "shut":

   closed, close, farm, firm, closure, shh, ferme, closes, locked, closing

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1. Natalie Wood:

   I literally live in pain 24/7, it’s degenerative and there’s nothing that at my stage that can be done … Unfortunately, I lived with it for a very long time and I just kept my mouth shut, which is probably not the smartest thing to do. So now I ’m dealing with it on both knees. I’ve been told I have absolutely no cartiidge left on my neck. My hands are a nightmare. And I ’m just waiting to see what else starts hurting at this point … Unfortunately, there’s just nothing that can be done about that. I ’m just trying to deal with it the best I can. You take your high blood pressure medicine, a lot of vitamins, and hope for the best.

2. Steve Stivers:

   I don't think we're going to shut down the government, you know, I think we're going to make sure we keep the government open, but we're going to get better policies on immigration.

3. Robert Redfield:

   The introduction from Europe happened before we realized what was happening, by the time we realized( the) Europe threat and shut down travel to Europe, there was probably already two or three weeks of 60,000 people coming back every day from Europe.

4. Parsons Police:

   She left her purebred German shepherd in a fenced backyard with water, food, outbuilding, and it was an unseasonably beautiful day here in Parsons, about 73 degrees outside. She went to lay down, caught some shut-eye, woke up, went outside and she found the carcass of her beautiful little puppy, the head had been severed, the head has not yet been recovered. And also we found the muzzle of the animal.

5. Carol Stabile:

   When you treat campus sexual assault as a public relations problem, then you have to shut people up because it gets in the way of your message and it threatens the brand, what I think is so tragic about this is there are so many people who are not going to say anything because they're afraid for their jobs.