What is another word for shake up?
1074 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈe͡ɪk ˈʌp], [ ʃˈeɪk ˈʌp], [ ʃ_ˈeɪ_k ˈʌ_p]
When we want to express the idea of a "shake up," we can use plenty of different words and phrases that convey the same meaning. We might say "disrupt," "upend," or "rock the boat." Another option is to use words such as "revamp," "rearrange," or "reorganize," all of which suggest a significant change from the status quo. Other synonyms for "shake up" include terms like "overhaul," "transformation," "shift," and "makeover." All of these words convey the sense that something significant is changing, and that the old ways of doing things simply won't work anymore. Whether it's a company, a government, or our own personal lives, sometimes a good "shake up" can be just what we need!
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Similar words for shake up:
- bump around (noun)
- changes (noun)
- commove (noun)
- excite (noun)
- fluff up (noun)
- jar (noun)
- plump up (noun)
- raise up (noun)
- reorganise (noun)
- reorganize (noun)
- shake up (noun)
- abuse (verb)
- disturb (verb)
- hurt (verb)
- injure (verb)
- jolt (verb)
- mar (verb)
- mistreat (verb)
- misuse (verb)
- quicken (verb)
- ruffle (verb)
- scare (verb)
- shock (verb)
- startle (verb)
- step up (verb)
- stun/stupefy (verb)
- surprise (verb)
- wound (verb)
Synonyms for Shake up:
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- ADMIN ,
- CSR ,
- administer ,
- administration (of an estate) ,
- administrative ,
- adventurism ,
- chairmanship ,
- crisis management ,
- critical-path method .
- Vagaries ,
- accommodation ,
- adjustment ,
- alteration ,
- amendment ,
- butterfly ,
- cataclysm ,
- change ,
- changeover ,
- cline ,
- convulsion ,
- correction ,
- creep ,
- crossover ,
- departure ,
- distortion ,
- diversion ,
- drift ,
- dynamism ,
- effect ,
- elasticity ,
- evolution ,
- fluctuation ,
- gradient ,
- inversion ,
- metamorphosis ,
- modification ,
- movement ,
- oscillation ,
- overhaul ,
- paradigm shift ,
- parallax ,
- refinement ,
- reform ,
- revamp ,
- reversal ,
- reversion ,
- revision ,
- roller coaster ,
- sea change ,
- seesaw ,
- shake out ,
- switch ,
- switchover ,
- transformation ,
- trend ,
- turn ,
- turnaround ,
- tweak ,
- twist ,
- upheaval ,
- whirligig .
- jar .
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• abuse- banged up ,
- banging up ,
- bangs up ,
- bunging up ,
- bungs up ,
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- ill treat ,
- mis handle ,
- mis handled ,
- mis handles ,
- mis handling ,
- mis-handle ,
- mis-handled ,
- mis-handles ,
- mis-handling ,
- roughhoused .
- burns up ,
- burnt up ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis compose ,
- dis composed ,
- dis composes ,
- dis composing ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis tract ,
- dis tracts ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-compose ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-composes ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- dis-tract ,
- dis-tracts ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- ex cite ,
- ex cited ,
- ex cites ,
- ex citing ,
- ex-cite ,
- ex-cited ,
- ex-cites ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- made uneasy ,
- makes uneasy ,
- making uneasy ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out raging ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging ,
- un hinge ,
- un hinged ,
- un hinges ,
- un hinging ,
- un nerve ,
- un nerved ,
- un nerves ,
- un nerving ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-hinge ,
- un-hinged ,
- un-hinges ,
- un-hinging ,
- un-nerve ,
- un-nerves ,
- un-nerving ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settling .
- am sore ,
- am tender ,
- are sore ,
- are tender ,
- art sore ,
- art tender ,
- being sore ,
- being tender ,
- did violence ,
- didst violence ,
- does violence ,
- doest violence ,
- doeth violence ,
- doing violence ,
- dost violence ,
- doth violence ,
- is sore ,
- is tender ,
- was tender ,
- wast sore ,
- wast tender ,
- were sore ,
- were tender ,
- wert sore ,
- wert tender ,
- wracked up ,
- wracking up ,
- wracks up .
- DE Form ,
- de face ,
- de faced ,
- de faces ,
- de facing ,
- de formed ,
- de forming ,
- de forms ,
- de-face ,
- de-faced ,
- de-faces ,
- de-facing ,
- de-form ,
- de-formed ,
- de-forming ,
- de-forms ,
- dis figure ,
- dis figured ,
- dis figures ,
- dis figuring ,
- dis tort ,
- dis torts ,
- dis-figure ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-figures ,
- dis-figuring ,
- dis-tort ,
- dis-torts ,
- drawing blood ,
- draws blood ,
- drew blood ,
- hacked up ,
- hacking up ,
- hacks up ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining .
- knocking over ,
- knocks over ,
- sprang on ,
- sprang something on ,
- springing on ,
- springing something on ,
- springs on ,
- springs something on ,
- sprung on ,
- sprung something on ,
- threw a curve ,
- threw curve ,
- throw curve ,
- throwing a curve ,
- throwing curve ,
- throws a curve ,
- throws curve ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- didst wrong ,
- doest wrong ,
- doeth wrong ,
- dost wrong ,
- doth wrong ,
- dumping on ,
- dumps on ,
- gave black eye ,
- gives black eye ,
- giving black eye ,
- handled roughly ,
- handles roughly ,
- handling roughly ,
- kicks around ,
- mis treat ,
- mis treated ,
- mis treating ,
- mis treats ,
- mis-treat ,
- mis-treated ,
- mis-treating ,
- mis-treats ,
- pushed around ,
- pushes around .
- mis applied ,
- mis applies ,
- mis apply ,
- mis applying ,
- mis employ ,
- mis employed ,
- mis employing ,
- mis employs ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-applied ,
- mis-applies ,
- mis-apply ,
- mis-applying ,
- mis-employ ,
- mis-employed ,
- mis-employing ,
- mis-employs ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- misemployed ,
- misemploying ,
- misemploys ,
- pro fane ,
- pro fanes ,
- pro-fane ,
- pro-fanes .
- dis patch ,
- dis patched ,
- dis patches ,
- dis patching ,
- dis-patch ,
- dis-patched ,
- dis-patches ,
- dis-patching ,
- in cite ,
- in cites ,
- in crease ,
- in creases ,
- in creasing ,
- in nervate ,
- in nerve ,
- in nerved ,
- in nerves ,
- in nerving ,
- in spire ,
- in spired ,
- in spires ,
- in spiring ,
- in-cite ,
- in-cited ,
- in-crease ,
- in-creased ,
- in-creases ,
- in-nervate ,
- in-nerve ,
- in-nerved ,
- in-nerves ,
- in-nerving ,
- in-spire ,
- in-spired ,
- in-spires ,
- in-spiring ,
- innervated ,
- innervates ,
- innervating ,
- innerves ,
- makes haste ,
- making haste ,
- pro moting ,
- pro-mote ,
- pro-motes ,
- pro-moting ,
- re freshes ,
- re vitalize ,
- re vitalized ,
- re vitalizes ,
- re vitalizing ,
- re-fresh ,
- re-freshes ,
- re-vitalize ,
- re-vitalized ,
- re-vitalizes ,
- re-vitalizing ,
- vivificated ,
- vivificates ,
- vivificating .
- co wed ,
- co wing ,
- co-wed ,
- co-wing ,
- dis concert ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis concerts ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis-concert ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-concerts ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-quieting ,
- dis-quiets ,
- gat to ,
- gotten to ,
- rattle cage ,
- rattle one cage ,
- rattle ones cage ,
- rattled cage ,
- rattled one cage ,
- rattled one's cage ,
- rattled ones cage ,
- rattles cage ,
- rattles one cage ,
- rattles one's cage ,
- rattles ones cage ,
- rattling cage ,
- rattling one cage ,
- rattling one's cage ,
- rattling ones cage ,
- threw in to tizzy ,
- threw into tizzy ,
- throw in to tizzy ,
- throwing in to tizzy ,
- throwing into tizzy ,
- throws in to tizzy ,
- throws into tizzy .
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays ,
- gave a fright ,
- gave a turn ,
- gave fright ,
- gave turn ,
- give fright ,
- give turn ,
- gives a fright ,
- gives a turn ,
- gives fright ,
- gives turn ,
- giving a fright ,
- giving a turn ,
- giving fright ,
- giving turn ,
- scare pants off ,
- scared pants off ,
- scared the pants off ,
- scares pants off ,
- scares silly ,
- scares the pants off ,
- scaring pants off ,
- scaring silly ,
- scaring stiff ,
- scaring the pants off ,
- strikes terror in ,
- striking terror in ,
- strook terror in ,
- struck terror in .
- dis gust ,
- dis gusted ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis gusts ,
- dis please ,
- dis pleased ,
- dis pleases ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis-gust ,
- dis-gusted ,
- dis-gusting ,
- dis-gusts ,
- dis-please ,
- dis-pleased ,
- dis-pleases ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- hit like ton bricks ,
- hits like ton bricks ,
- hits like ton of bricks ,
- hitting like ton bricks ,
- hitting like ton of bricks ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- re volt ,
- re volts ,
- re-volt ,
- re-volts .
- made jump ,
- makes jump ,
- making jump ,
- scare death ,
- scared death ,
- scares death ,
- scares to death ,
- scaring death ,
- scaring to death .
- be muse ,
- be mused ,
- be musing ,
- be wilder ,
- be wildered ,
- be wildering ,
- be wilders ,
- be-muse ,
- be-mused ,
- be-musing ,
- be-wilder ,
- be-wildered ,
- be-wildering ,
- be-wilders ,
- blowing away ,
- blows away ,
- knocked unconscious ,
- knocking unconscious ,
- knocks unconscious ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- strikes dumb ,
- striking dumb ,
- strook dumb ,
- takes breath away ,
- taking breath away ,
- took breath away .
- caused wonder ,
- causes wonder ,
- causing wonder ,
- dis comfit ,
- dis comfits ,
- dis-comfit ,
- dis-comfits ,
- leave open mouthed ,
- leave openmouthed ,
- leaved aghast ,
- leaved open mouthed ,
- leaved open-mouthed ,
- leaved openmouthed ,
- leaves aghast ,
- leaves open mouthed ,
- leaves open-mouthed ,
- leaves openmouthed ,
- leaving aghast ,
- leaving open mouthed ,
- leaving open-mouthed ,
- leaving openmouthed ,
- left aghast ,
- left open mouthed ,
- left open-mouthed ,
- left openmouthed ,
- strikes with awe ,
- striking with awe ,
- strook with awe ,
- struck with awe ,
- sur prise ,
- sur prised ,
- sur prises ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prise ,
- sur-prised ,
- sur-prises ,
- sur-prising ,
- take one breath away ,
- take ones breath away ,
- takes one breath away ,
- takes one's breath away ,
- takes ones breath away ,
- taking one breath away ,
- taking one's breath away ,
- taking ones breath away ,
- took one breath away ,
- took one's breath away ,
- took ones breath away .
- cut quick ,
- cut the quick ,
- cut to quick ,
- cuts quick ,
- cuts the quick ,
- cuts to quick ,
- cuts to the quick ,
- cutting quick ,
- cutting the quick ,
- cutting to quick ,
- cutting to the quick ,
- hurt one feelings ,
- hurt ones feelings ,
- hurting feelings ,
- hurting one feelings ,
- hurting one's feelings ,
- hurting ones feelings ,
- hurts feelings ,
- hurts one feelings ,
- hurts one's feelings ,
- hurts ones feelings .
Other synonyms:
- astonish ,
- astound ,
- bowl over ,
- bully ,
- cow ,
- defy ,
- disconcert ,
- frighten ,
- galvanize ,
- horrify ,
- intimidate ,
- reduce to ,
- scandalize ,
- scare away ,
- scare into ,
- terrify ,
- terrorize ,
- unnerve ,
- walk in on .
- pull up .
Other relevant words:
- Frighted ,
- Frighting ,
- Fuddling ,
- HOSED ,
- Illtreat ,
- Innerve ,
- Innerved ,
- Innerving ,
- Jostled ,
- Vivificate ,
- Winging ,
- abuse ,
- bang up ,
- be sore ,
- be tender ,
- blew away ,
- blow away ,
- bung up ,
- bunged up ,
- burn up ,
- burned up ,
- burning up ,
- convulse ,
- cut to the quick ,
- disturb ,
- do violence ,
- fuddle ,
- fuddled ,
- fuddles ,
- get to ,
- gets to ,
- getting to ,
- give a fright ,
- give a turn ,
- got to ,
- grieve ,
- hit like ton of bricks ,
- hosing ,
- hurt ,
- hurt feelings ,
- hurt one's feelings ,
- ill-treat ,
- injure ,
- innervate ,
- jolt ,
- jolting ,
- knock over ,
- knock unconscious ,
- knocked over ,
- liven ,
- livened ,
- livening ,
- livens ,
- made haste ,
- make haste ,
- make jump ,
- make uneasy ,
- maltreat ,
- mar ,
- mishandle ,
- mistreat ,
- misuse ,
- molest ,
- pollute ,
- queered ,
- queering ,
- queers ,
- quicken ,
- rattle one's cage ,
- revitalize ,
- roughhouse ,
- roughhousing ,
- ruffle ,
- ruin ,
- scare ,
- scare silly ,
- scare stiff ,
- scare the pants off ,
- scare to death ,
- scared silly ,
- scared stiff ,
- scared to death ,
- scares stiff ,
- shock ,
- spank ,
- sped up ,
- speed up ,
- speeded up ,
- speeding up ,
- spoil ,
- spoils ,
- spoilt ,
- spring on ,
- spring something on ,
- startle ,
- step up ,
- strike dumb ,
- strike terror in ,
- struck dumb ,
- stun ,
- surprise ,
- take aback ,
- take breath away ,
- takes aback ,
- taking aback ,
- throw a curve ,
- throw into tizzy ,
- tire ,
- took aback ,
- traumatize ,
- up set ,
- vitalize ,
- vivify ,
- was sore ,
- whacked ,
- whacking ,
- wound ,
- wounded ,
- wrack up .
- Trashed ,
- did wrong ,
- do wrong ,
- does wrong ,
- doing wrong ,
- dump on ,
- dumped on ,
- give black eye ,
- handle roughly ,
- kick around ,
- kicked around ,
- kicking around ,
- knock around ,
- push around ,
- pushing around .
- Denunciate ,
- Dumfound ,
- HIT ,
- Impassion ,
- Milden ,
- Perturbate ,
- Pis Aller ,
- abate ,
- accelerate ,
- accuse ,
- action ,
- activate ,
- ad hoc measure ,
- addle ,
- aerate ,
- affect ,
- agitate ,
- amaze ,
- anathematize ,
- anathemize ,
- animadvert on ,
- animate ,
- answer ,
- arouse ,
- arraign ,
- artifice ,
- attenuate ,
- awake ,
- awaken ,
- beat ,
- befuddle ,
- bewilder ,
- blame ,
- blunt ,
- bother ,
- break with past ,
- call to account ,
- cast blame upon ,
- cast reflection upon ,
- cause revolution ,
- censure ,
- churn ,
- churn up ,
- clean out ,
- clean sweep ,
- clean up ,
- cleanup ,
- clear out ,
- complain against ,
- condemn ,
- confuse ,
- contrivance ,
- countermove ,
- coup ,
- course of action ,
- cramp ,
- cripple ,
- cry down ,
- cry out against ,
- cry shame upon ,
- cushion ,
- damn ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- daze ,
- deaden ,
- debilitate ,
- decry ,
- demarche ,
- demoralise ,
- demoralize ,
- denounce ,
- device ,
- devitalize ,
- disarrange ,
- discombobulate ,
- discomfit ,
- discompose ,
- dismay ,
- disorder ,
- disorganize ,
- disorient ,
- disquiet ,
- disrupt ,
- distress ,
- dodge ,
- dull ,
- dumbfound ,
- ease ,
- effort ,
- electrify ,
- encourage ,
- energize ,
- enervate ,
- enfeeble ,
- enliven ,
- eviscerate ,
- exhaust ,
- expedient ,
- extenuate ,
- ferment ,
- fire ,
- flabbergast ,
- fluff ,
- flurry ,
- fluster ,
- flutter ,
- foment ,
- fret ,
- fulminate against ,
- fuss ,
- gentle ,
- gimmick ,
- goad ,
- gruel ,
- hasten ,
- have an effect ,
- hex ,
- hurry ,
- ignite ,
- impeach ,
- improvisation ,
- impugn ,
- incite ,
- indict ,
- inflame ,
- inspire ,
- inspirit ,
- instigate ,
- inveigh against ,
- jumble ,
- jury-rig ,
- jury-rigged expedient ,
- kindle ,
- knead ,
- knock up ,
- last expedient ,
- last resort ,
- lay low ,
- light ,
- limber ,
- limber up ,
- liquidate ,
- liquidation ,
- loosen ,
- make a clean sweep ,
- makeshift ,
- maneuver ,
- mash ,
- massage ,
- means ,
- measure ,
- mellow ,
- mitigate ,
- mix ,
- mollify ,
- motivate ,
- move ,
- muddle ,
- overcome ,
- overturn ,
- paddle ,
- paralyse ,
- perplex ,
- perturb ,
- plump ,
- press ,
- prick ,
- prompt ,
- provoke ,
- psych out ,
- puff up ,
- pulp ,
- purge ,
- push ,
- put about ,
- put out ,
- puzzle ,
- rattle ,
- realign ,
- realignment ,
- rearrange ,
- rearrangement ,
- reconstitute ,
- reconstitution ,
- redispose ,
- redisposition ,
- redistribute ,
- redistribution ,
- reduce ,
- reflect upon ,
- relax ,
- removal ,
- remove ,
- reorder ,
- reordering ,
- reprehend ,
- reproach ,
- reprobate ,
- resort ,
- resource ,
- restructure ,
- restructuring ,
- revolution ,
- rid ,
- riddance ,
- rile ,
- ripple ,
- rise ,
- rise out of ,
- rock ,
- roil ,
- roughen ,
- rouse ,
- rumple ,
- sap ,
- scramble ,
- set afire ,
- set alight ,
- set fire to ,
- shake off ,
- shatter ,
- shift ,
- smash ,
- smite ,
- snarl ,
- soften ,
- soften up ,
- solution ,
- speed ,
- spur ,
- squash ,
- step ,
- stopgap ,
- stratagem ,
- strike ,
- stroke ,
- stupefy ,
- subdue ,
- supple ,
- swirl ,
- tactic ,
- tangle ,
- temporary expedient ,
- tenderise ,
- tenderize ,
- tone down ,
- toss ,
- touch ,
- trick ,
- trouble ,
- trump ,
- tune down ,
- turn one's head ,
- turn upside down ,
- turnover ,
- unbrace ,
- undermine ,
- unman ,
- unsettle ,
- unstrengthen ,
- unstring ,
- upset ,
- voodoo ,
- wake ,
- wake up ,
- waken ,
- weaken ,
- whip ,
- whip up ,
- whisk ,
- work up ,
- working hypothesis ,
- worry .
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How to use "Shake up" in context?
I've always been a little hesitant to try new things. I'm extremely conservative with my spending and I don't like change. But over the past few years I've come to realize that change is the only thing that will make me happy. So this year, I decided to shake up my life and start doing things I've never done before.
I started watching more films, going on more dates, and exploring new neighbourhoods. I even moved to a new city. But I'm curious to know, is it really necessary to shake everything up in order to find happiness? I think not.
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