SHUFFLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SHUFFLE?

Need another word that means the same as “shuffle”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “shuffle” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Shuffle” are: mix, ruffle, scuffle, shamble, drag one's feet, stumble, lumber, scrape, drag, scratch, grind, scuff, mix up, mingle, intermix, make, shuffling, shambling

Shuffle as a Noun

Definitions of "Shuffle" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shuffle” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A piece of music for or in the style of a shuffle.
• Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet.
• A dance performed with quick dragging or scraping movements of the feet.
• A piece of equivocation or subterfuge.
• A quick dragging or scraping movement of the feet in dancing.
• A facility on a music player for playing tracks in an arbitrary order.
• A rhythmic motif based on a shuffle dance step and typical of early jazz, consisting of alternating crotchets and quavers in a triplet pattern.
• A change of order or relative positions; a reshuffle.
• A shuffling movement, walk, or sound.
• An act of shuffling a pack of cards.
• The act of mixing cards haphazardly.

Synonyms of "Shuffle" as a noun (4 Words)

make	The structure or composition of something. The make model and year of his car.
shamble	Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet. They walked side by side in a slow shamble.
shambling	Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet. From his shambling I assumed he was very old.
shuffling	The act of mixing cards haphazardly. There was some uneasy shuffling in the audience.

Usage Examples of "Shuffle" as a noun

• Violet tried on a top hat and did a brief vaudeville shuffle.
• It's the usual blend of boogie, shuffle, and ballad.
• There was a shuffle of approaching feet.
• A shuffle facility.
• The Prime Minister may have to consider a cabinet shuffle in the spring.
• I had my iPod on shuffle and ‘Eleanor Rigby’ just happened to begin playing.
• The discard is removed from the deck until the next shuffle.

Shuffle as a Verb

Definitions of "Shuffle" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shuffle” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Move (people or things) around so as to occupy different positions or to be in a different order.
• Shift one's position while sitting or move one's feet while standing, typically because of boredom, nervousness, or embarrassment.
• Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement.
• Rearrange (a pack of cards) by sliding them over each other quickly.
• Walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.
• Move about, move back and forth.
• Walk by dragging one's feet.
• Get out of (a difficult situation) in an underhand way.
• Put part of one's body into (an item of clothing), typically in a clumsy way.
• Play or arrange (tracks on a music player) in a random order.
• Sort or look through (a number of things) hurriedly.
• Behave in a shifty or evasive manner.

Synonyms of "Shuffle" as a verb (15 Words)

drag	Draw slowly or heavily. His anchor had dragged and he found himself sailing out to sea.
drag one's feet	Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost.
grind	Created by grinding. There were sweaty bodies everywhere bumping and grinding to the music.
intermix	Combine into one. Along its southern edge low trees intermix with the shrubs.
lumber	Cut lumber as in woods and forests. A truck lumbered past.
mingle	Be all mixed up or jumbled together. Resourcefully he mingled music and dance.
mix	Mix together different elements. Music was blaring and there was a DJ in the corner mixing and scratching.
mix up	Combine (electronic signals.
ruffle	Pleat or gather into a ruffle. He ruffled her hair affectionately.
scrape	Make by scraping. Bowden scraped in with 180 votes at the last election.
scratch	Play a record using the scratch technique. He scratched away the plaster.
scuff	Mar by scuffing. She scuffed along in her carpet slippers.
scuffle	Move in a hurried, confused, or awkward way, making a rustling or shuffling sound. The drunken men started to scuffle.
shamble	Walk by dragging one’s feet. He shambled off down the corridor.
stumble	Encounter by chance. She stumbled over the words.

Usage Examples of "Shuffle" as a verb

• He shuffles out of the consequences by vague charges of undue influence.
• He shuffled the cards and cut the deck.
• She shuffled her papers into a neat pile.
• Mr Milles did not frankly own it, but seem'd to shuffle about it.
• He shuffled out of the room.
• Christine shuffled uneasily in her chair.
• I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope.
• The selectors have been shuffling their resources in recent matches.
• Ben shuffled his feet in the awkward silence.
• Anybody who has played skat with my gran knows how to shuffle without dropping the cards.
• He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS.
• Shuffle the cards.
• He shuffled through the papers.
• My father shuffled his money around various building societies.
• The control lets you shuffle or skip songs by flicking the phone with your wrist.
• She shuffled her feet into a pair of shoes.

Associations of "Shuffle" (30 Words)

amalgam	An alloy of mercury with another metal usually silver used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams. Amalgam fillings.
assorted	Of various sorts put together; miscellaneous. An arrangement of assorted spring flowers.
blend	Blend or harmonize. Ontario offers a cultural blend you ll find nowhere else on earth.
card	Check the identity card of someone in particular as evidence of legal drinking age. A Mac flanker was carded and sent to the sin bin in the first half.
combined	Made or joined or united into one.
compound	Composed of more than one partcompound flower heads. A compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
conflate	Mix together different elements. The urban crisis conflates a number of different economic political and social issues.
diverse	Many and different. Subjects as diverse as architecture language teaching and the physical sciences.
eclectic	Someone who selects according to the eclectic method. Universities offering an eclectic mix of courses.
heterogeneous	Diverse in character or content. Heterogeneous catalysis.
hobble	Strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison. Hobble race horses.
hodgepodge	A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas. Rob s living room was a hodgepodge of modern furniture and antiques.
intermingle	Mix or mingle together. Daisies intermingled with huge expanses of gorse and foxgloves.
intermix	Mix together. The ore had to be handled so that it was not inadvertently intermixed with other material.
melange	A varied mixture. A melange of tender vegetables and herbs.
miscellany	A book containing a collection of pieces of writing by different authors. A miscellany of houses.
mix	The proportion of different people or other constituents that make up a mixture. Music was blaring and there was a DJ in the corner mixing and scratching.
mixed	Involving or composed of different races. A mixed neighborhood.
motley	A garment made of motley especially a court jester s costume. A jester dressed in motley.
pastiche	A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources. The songs amount to much more than blatant pastiche.
piebald	A piebald horse. A piebald horse.
pied	Having two or more different colours. The pied flycatcher.
potpourri	A mixture or medley of things. He played a potpourri of tunes from Gilbert and Sullivan.
random	Lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance. A random sample of 100 households.
sampling	A sample. Routine river sampling is carried out according to a schedule.
sundry	A run scored other than from a hit with the bat, credited to the batting side rather than to a batsman; an extra. Sundry sciences commonly known as social.
variegate	Alter in appearance, especially by adding different colours. The designer can variegate the object s colour and physical character as needed.
variegated	Exhibiting different colours, especially as irregular patches or streaks. His variegated and amusing observations.
variety	A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. It s the variety that makes my job so enjoyable.
various	Distinctly dissimilar or unlike. Dresses of various colours.