shoulder - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

Synonyms

• berm
• shoulder

More generic

• edge

More specific

• hard shoulder

Related

• road
• route

Noun

the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder

Synonyms

• shoulder

More generic

• cloth covering

Related

• garment

Noun

the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

Synonyms

• shoulder

More generic

• body part

Related

• armpit
• axilla
• axillary cavity
• axillary fossa
• teres
• teres muscle

Related

• body
• torso
• trunk

Noun

a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

Synonyms

• articulatio humeri
• shoulder
• shoulder joint

More generic

• articulatio spheroidea
• ball-and-socket joint
• cotyloid joint
• enarthrodial joint
• enarthrosis
• spheroid joint

Related

• arteria circumflexa humeri
• arteria circumflexa scapulae
• circumflex humeral artery
• circumflex scapular artery
• rotator cuff
• scapula
• shoulder blade
• shoulder bone

Related

• body
• torso
• trunk

Noun

a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg

Synonyms

• shoulder

More generic

• cut
• cut of meat

Related

• chuck

Verb

push with the shoulders

Synonyms

• shoulder

More generic

• thrust

Verb

carry a burden, either real or metaphoric

Synonyms

• shoulder

More generic

• carry
• transport

Verb

lift onto one's shoulders

Synonyms

• shoulder

More generic

• bring up
• elevate
• get up
• lift
• raise

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