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shape-shifter

UK/ˈʃeɪp.ʃɪf.tə//ˈʃeɪp.ʃɪf.tɚ/

shape-shifter is the alternative form of shapeshifter.

Meaning of shapeshifter

Noun

shapeshifter (plural shapeshifters)

  1. A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.
    • The shapeshifter Lisa Bowalk, unable to shed the guise of a black panther, had gone onto the plain as a prisoner but was not now to be found among the dead above or the Captured down below.2000, Glen Cook, Water Sleeps
  2. (figuratively) A person who is inconsistent and elusive.
    • She was an alcoholic, very chageable, very deceptive. A shapeshifter. You never knew where you stood with her, […]2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 268

Synonyms of shape-shifter

Forms of shape-shifter

pluralshape-shifters

Questions about shape-shifter

What is shape-shifter the alternative form of?
Shape-shifter is the alternative form of shapeshifter.
How do you pronounce shape-shifter?
Shape-shifter is pronounced /ˈʃeɪp.ʃɪf.tə/ (UK).

Words near shape-shifter in the dictionary

  1. shape up
  2. shape up or ship out
  3. shape-note
  4. shape-shift
  5. shape-shifted
  6. shape-shifter
  7. shape-shifters
  8. shape-shifting
  9. shape-shifts
  10. shape-up
  11. shape-ups

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