shifter.
One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
Meaning & usage
One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
Someone who plays tricks; a trickster.
An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, soaking, and shifting the salt provisions.
A control device (usually a lever or button) for shifting gears in a gearbox, or an arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
A shape-shifter; a person or other being capable of changing their physical form, especially a lycanthrope.
A shiftworker.
Ellipsis of reality shifter.
Where this word comes from
From shift + -er.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.