shut down

Questions about shut down

What is another word for shut down?

It depends which shut down you mean. In the sense “cease to operate or cause to cease operating”, the synonyms are close up, close, fold, close down. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of shut down?

WordNet records no antonym for shut down. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for shut down come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of shut down

• Full entry for shut downAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for shut downWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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