shut

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SHUT

to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening <please shut the door when you leave>

Synonyms make [chiefly dialect], shut, steek [chiefly Scottish]

Related Words bar, batten (down), bolt, chain, fasten, latch, lock; plug, seal, stopper; secure; bang, clap, slam

Near Antonyms unbar, unbolt, unchain, unfasten, unlatch, unlock, unseal

Antonyms open

to stop the operations of <shut both stores for a week>

Synonyms close (down), close out, shut

Related Words phase out, turn off; extinguish, quell, suppress; gag, muzzle, silence; fail, fold

Near Antonyms build, expand

Antonyms open, start

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