Shift and Tendency

Shift

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

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

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

Tendency noun - A prevailing or general movement or inclination.

Usage example: we'll be seeing a tendency for skirt lengths to get shorter this coming season

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Shift and tendency are semantically related in direction of movement topic. Sometimes you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Tendency".

notable	notable shift	notable tendency
long	long shift	long tendency
similar	similar shift	similar tendency
complete	complete shift	complete tendency
Other adjectives: distinct, definite, real, constant, massive, large, extreme, slight, interesting, noticeable, new, general, unusual, odd, strange, occasional, cultural, surprising.

Contrast Idealized Sex, since the Romanticized Abuse is clearly abusive — however, as the stories progress, Romanticized Abuse has a tendency to shift over into becoming Idealized Sex instead.

Source: Romanticized Abuse
Heroes is a sci-fi drama, but has a tendency to shift to different genres depending on who is being focused on.

Source: Out-of-Genre Experience
It pigeonholed him as "a romantic comedy guy", a tendency he began to shift away from in subsequent series.

Source: Creator / Ken Akamatsu

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

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