Need another word that means the same as “shut”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “shut” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Shut” are: close, exclude, keep out, shut out, draw to, pull to, push to, slam, fasten, secure, close up, lock, bolt, board up, closed, unopen
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shut” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| board up | Provide food and lodging (for. |
| bolt | Secure or lock with a bolt. New benefits have been bolted on to the social security system. |
| close | Become closed. Management closed ranks. |
| close up | Bring together all the elements or parts of. |
| draw to | Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition. |
| exclude | Lack or fail to include. Apply flux to exclude oxygen. |
| fasten | Become fixed or fastened. His gaze was fastened on his daughter. |
| keep out | Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state. |
| lock | Of a door window etc become or be able to be secured with a lock. He locked his hands around her neck. |
| pull to | Cause to move by pulling. |
| push to | Move strenuously and with effort. |
| secure | Get by special effort. The government is concerned to secure the economy against too much foreign ownership. |
| shut out | Prevent from entering shut out. |
| slam | Dance the slam dance. I slammed on the brakes. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shut” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| closed | With shutters closed. A closed porch. |
| unopen | Not open. |
| automatically | (with reference to a device or process) by itself with little or no direct human control. The kettle automatically switched off when it boiled. |
| bang | Leap jerk bang. The shutter was banging in the wind. |
| button | Fasten the buttons of a garment being worn by someone. A dress that buttoned down the front. |
| camera | Television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam. A video camera. |
| capitol | A building occupied by a state legislature. |
| captivity | The condition of being imprisoned or confined. He was released after 865 days in captivity. |
| close | Narrowly enclosed. Her birthday and mine were close together. |
| closed | With shutters closed. The UN Security Council met in closed session. |
| closedown | Termination of operations. |
| closing | The act of closing something. The ship s rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision. |
| closure | Apply the closure to a debate or speaker in a legislative assembly. He brings modernistic closure to his narrative. |
| compressed | Having a narrow shape as if flattened, especially sideways. With lips compressed. |
| curtain | A raising or lowering of the curtain at the beginning or end of an act or scene. A curtain of trees. |
| deactivate | Remove from active duty. The men were deactivated after five years of service. |
| door | A doorway. She looked for her key and opened the door. |
| drapery | Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window. The hall of the school was hung with green drapery. |
| gate | Control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate. They were opening the gates of their country wide to the enemy. |
| layoff | The act of laying off an employee or a work force. |
| shutdown | A closure of a factory or system, typically a temporary closure due to a fault or for maintenance. The build up was pushing the reactor towards shutdown. |
| shutter | Close with shutters. An additional dozen stores will be shuttered when their leases expire next year. |
| slam | A grand slam all thirteen tricks or small slam twelve tricks for which bonus points are scored if bid and made. I slammed on the brakes. |
| strangle | Squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal), especially so as to cause death. They allowed bureaucracy to strangle initiative. |
| stud | The height of a room as indicated by the length of a timber wall stud. A dagger studded with precious diamonds. |
| switch | Beat or flick with or as if with a switch. Switch on the light. |
| throttle | Reduce the power of an engine or vehicle by use of the throttle. It has two engines that can be throttled. |
| tight | Pulled or drawn tight. She released her tight hold on the dog. |
| valve | Each of the halves of the hinged shell of a bivalve mollusc or brachiopod or of the parts of the compound shell of a barnacle. The aortic valve. |
| window | A framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air. The ball shattered the window. |
| zipper | Fasten or provide with a zipper. He wore a running suit zippered up tight. |
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