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Shut

🔄 Synonyms of "Shut"

12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
closenoun	(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
tightverb	Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
excludeverb	(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
compressed	Pressed tightly together.
closed	Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
squintingnoun	The act of one who squints.
squinched	having eyes half closed in order to see better
winkingnoun	The act of someone who winks.
keep outverb	(intransitive) To refrain from entering a place or condition.
blinkingnoun	That blinks.
shut outverb	(transitive) To prevent from entering; to block or exclude.
unopen	(rare) Not open; closed.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
openverb	(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
admitverb	(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
open upverb	(intransitive) To reveal oneself; to share personal information about oneself; to become communicative.
includeverb	To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
unfastened	Not fastened.
let inverb	(transitive) To let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in.
opened	Having undergone opening.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
shut outverb	(transitive) To prevent from entering; to block or exclude.
closeverb	(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
excludeverb	(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
keep outverb	(intransitive) To refrain from entering a place or condition.
closed	Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
compressed	Pressed tightly together.
tightverb	(obsolete) To make tight; tighten.
blinkingnoun	That blinks.
winkingnoun	The act of someone who winks.
squintingnoun	The act of one who squints.
unopen	(rare) Not open; closed.
squinched	having eyes half closed in order to see better
shutterverb	(photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
shut-offnoun	Alternative spelling of shutoff, often used attributively. [A valve used to turn something off.]
shutdownnoun	The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
closingnoun	The act by which something is closed.
unplugverb	(transitive) To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.
stopverb	(intransitive) To cease moving.
cutoffnoun	The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
disconnectverb	(transitive) To sever or interrupt a connection.