Hole and Shift

Hole

Hole noun - A place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing.

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Shift and hole are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Hole".

Nearby Words: holed, holey, holer, holing

Shift noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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Hole and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hole" instead a noun "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

full	full hole	full shift
clear	clear hole	clear shift
long	long hole	long shift
single	single hole	single shift
Other adjectives: obvious, actual, real, massive, large, big, huge, slight, noticeable, key, new, major, final, minor, significant, colossal, next, strange, last, different, sudden, resulting, bigger, biggest.

In "Masque of the Red Shift" Johann Karlsen takes a lifeboat into a black hole to lure a berserker ship to its doom.

Source: Unrealistic Black Hole
It also creates a plot hole, since while those on infiltration duty shift often the vast majority stay in their natural state as much as possible.

Source: Lethal Diagnosis
Plot Hole: Shift 1 and 2 end with the player character either dying or escaping the facility.

Source: Video Game / Shift

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Shift and Hole. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hole/shift

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Shift or Hole. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hole/shift.

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