Definitions

shunt

[shuhnt] / ʃʌnt /

VERB

avert

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avoid deter fend off foil forestall halt preclude prevent rule out ward off

STRONG

deflect divert frustrate turn

WEAK

look away shove aside stave off turn aside turn away

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid allow assist help support

VERB

delegate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authorize entrust hand over pass on relegate

STRONG

consign devolve give transfer

WEAK

hold responsible for parcel out send on errand send on mission

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hold keep

VERB

swing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

curve dangle flap fluctuate hang lurch pitch pivot rotate sway swivel turn twirl veer wave whirl wiggle wobble

STRONG

avert deflect divert oscillate palpitate reel revolve rock roll sheer suspend swerve undulate vary vibrate volte-face waggle wheel

WEAK

be pendent pendulate turn about turn on an axis wag

Antonyms

STRONG

be still stabilize

VERB

switch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

convert divert replace shift swap turn veer

STRONG

deflect deviate interchange rearrange sidetrack substitute trade turnabout

WEAK

change course turn aside

Antonyms

STRONGEST

keep maintain remain stay

VERB

turn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

change convert move return shift swing switch transform twist

STRONG

about-face aim alter alternate backslide capsize curve depart detour detract deviate digress direct diverge incline inverse invert loop pivot recoil redirect regress relapse retrace revert sheer sidetrack subvert sway swerve swirl tack upset vary veer volte-face wheel whip around whirl zigzag

WEAK

call off change position double back face about go back rechannel shy away

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hold keep persist remain stagnate stay

STRONG

continue develop grow lose progress straighten

WEAK

make well

Example Sentences

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Funders shunt capital from around the world into U.S. lawsuits, taking a cut of any recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The only option was brain surgery, to install a shunt to allow fluid to be drained from the brain - since then, Kobi has endured 16 surgeries.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

She is currently living on $1,206 a month in and out of her van with a failing shunt in her head, which doctors implanted to treat her cyst.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

"We need a framework. If people don't have an idea of what to do, then very often they will just do nothing or shunt it on to somewhere else," Ms Matuozzo said.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

All around are flat-roofed, boxy warehouse buildings, and beyond them the flat railroad lands where the trains used to shunt back and forth, once the only entertainment available here on Sundays.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

shunt

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