Alternate

/ɔlʈə(r).neʈ/

Synonyms for "alternate" (350 found)

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Closest matches (70)

Verb(3 words)

advocate agentalter egoalternating alternativeamicus curiaeanalogy attorneyback and fillback and forthback-and-forthbackupbackup manbandybattledore and shuttlecockbe here againbe quits withbeatingblow hot and coldchampion

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change changeling circle circlingcome againcome and gocome aroundcome roundcome round againcome up againcommute comparison compensate complementary cooperate copy corresponding counterchange counterfeit cover cycle cyclic cyclical delegate deputy ditherdo a hitchdo a stintdo a tourdo timedouble

Noun(13 words)

alt alternates alternating alternativeap physics variantsback upbackupchanges in ratecheckerboardscircular turning motioncyclecycle baseddeputy

Adjective(3 words)

alternate numberalternating alternative

Strong matches (105)

dummyebb and flowenlist epochal equal equivalent equivocate ersatz evenevery otherexchange exchangeableexecutive officerexponent extension fake figureheadfill infill in forfill-in

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flounder fluctuateget back atget even withghost ghostwritergive and takego through phaseshave a gohave tenurehesitatehitch and hikehold officeimitationin rotationinterchange interchangeable intermit intermittent isochronal isochronouskeep a watchlieutenant locumlocum tenenslogroll makeshift measured metaphor metonymy metronomic mocknext best thingopen classroom schooloscillate oscillatory other paranymphpass and repasspay backpendulate periodic periodical permute personnel phony pinchpinch hitterpleader

Noun(19 words)

exchanges flipfrench autrehopping hopscotch interchanges interleave interleaves interleaving juggling option oscillate otherother dialectother earthsother subjectpage interleavepashtupendulum swings

Adjective(3 words)

fastest rotatingfluctuating outputgrammatical variant

Verb(13 words)

flip flip-flop flitted fluctuated fluctuates fluctuating hopped interchanged interleaved interspersing jump multitasks oscillates

Adverb(1 words)

otherwise

Related words (175)

Verb(18 words)

porpoisedrotate actionrotated seesaw shuttlecocked shuttled substituted swapped switch swopped tacktake turnsunderstudy vacillated vacillates vacillating vagabonded zigzagged

procurator provisional proxypublic schoolpulsate pulse pulsing re-up reappear reciprocal reciprocate reciprocative recur recurrent recurring reenlist relief relieve reoccur repeat

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replacement replacing representative requite reserve reserves respond retaliate returnreturn the complimentrevolve rhythmic rhythmicalride and tiering the changesringerroll aroundrotary rotate rotating seasonal secondsecond in commandsecond stringsecondary seesaw serialserve timeshiftshilly shallyshilly-shally shuffle shuttle shuttlecock signsign upsine wavespare sparesspecial schoolspellspell offstaggerstand instand-in steady stopgap sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum succeed successivesummer schoolsuperseder supplanter surrogate swap sway swing switch symbol synecdochetake turnsteeterteeter totterteeter-totter temporary tentative tergiversatethird stringtime offto-and-frotoken totter trade transpose turn understudy undulant undulate undulatoryup-and-downutilityutility manutility playervacillate variant vary vicarvicar generalvicarious vicevice presidentvice-president vice-regent vicegerent wavelike waverwax and wanewheelwheel aroundwheeling wibble-wabble wigwag wobble zigzag

Noun(26 words)

reading station rotationreplacement rotate rotatingrotating mechanismseesawing shifts stand-in standby substitute substituting substitutions surrogate swap swapping switch switching swop tandearil toggle

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toggles toggling wigwaggingzigzag pathzigzag patternzigzagging

Adjective(2 words)

rotating machinerysubstitute

Pronoun(1 words)

thou wast variant

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

26 entries

act action alter backup changechange by reversalchoice condescriptive adjectiveexchange fill-in learn member memorise memorize move

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More specific

15 entries

alternate committee memberalternate endingsalternate juroralternate spellingsalternating patternbackup plancycle deputy flip rotaterotating sequencesecond optionsecond routestand-in toggle

Collocations

13 entries

alternate candidatealternate dayalternate daysalternate endingalternate juroralternate methodalternate planalternate routealternate schedulealternate sidesalternate spellingsalternate turnsalternate weeks

Inflections

5 entries

alternated alternates alternatingmore alternatemost alternate

Derivations

7 entries

alternated alternately alternating alternation alternative alternatively alternator

Antonyms

1 entries

opposite

similar

3 entries

cyclic cyclical secondary

Translations

19 translations across 12 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

редуващ се adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Czech

1 entries

střídavý adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Estonian

1 entries

vahelduv adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Finnish

1 entries

vuorotteleva adj (being or succeeding by turns)

German

4 entries

Wechsel- adj (being or succeeding by turns)
abwechselnd adj (being or succeeding by turns)
alternierend adj (being or succeeding by turns)
wechselnd adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Italian

2 entries

alternato adj (being or succeeding by turns)
alterno adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Latin

1 entries

alternus adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Polish

1 entries

alternować adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Portuguese

2 entries

alternado adj (being or succeeding by turns)
alternante adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Spanish

1 entries

alterno adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Swedish

3 entries

alternerande adj (being or succeeding by turns)
omväxlande adj (being or succeeding by turns)
växlande adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Welsh

1 entries

bob yn ail adj (being or succeeding by turns)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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Odd numbers alternate with even ones.

Source: tatoeba (20644)

Write on alternate lines.

Source: tatoeba (27797)

There are pictures on alternate pages of the book.

Source: tatoeba (43937)

There are maps on alternate pages of the book.

Source: tatoeba (43956)

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