shifter

Noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.

An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gearshift mover changer sceneshifter shapeshifter gear lever gearstick switcher alterer turner artificer crusader pusher canter changeling
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Antonyms

set remain continue uniform stay restorer
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Hypernyms

mechanical device stagehand stage technician

Related terms

stickshift

Phrases with the word

quick shifter stick shifter floor shifter left-handed smoke shifter

Anagrams

reshift

Examples

You have to find hope. Hope is such a shape shifter. You tend to look in the rearview mirror for hope, but when it's gone, you have to look forward. You have to get in the van and keep driving on. Jonathan Evison

Without my Vulcan cat suit, Frankenstein wig and pointed ears, I don't get recognized. I love the fact I'm a shape shifter who can go unnoticed. Jolene Blalock

Where is Barbie?" The female shifter snickered and choked it off. "Is there a stripper pole? Ilona Andrews

There was I thinking being a shifter had its upsides. Looks like I was wrong. Patricia Briggs

in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever Source: Internet

A transmission shifter or ignition switch would be able to be replaced with a screw-driver. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

shiftage shifted geometric distribution shiftee shifter cart shiftful shiftfulness