Alternates

Synonyms for "alternates" (264 found)

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proxy public school pulsate pulse pulsing re-up reappear reciprocal reciprocate reciprocative recur recurrent recurring reenlist relief relieve reoccur repeat replacement replacing

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representative requite reserve reserves respond retaliate return return the compliment revolve rhythmic rhythmical ride and tie ring the changes ringer roll around rotary rotate rotating seasonal second second in command second string secondary seesaw serial serve time shift shilly shally shilly-shally shuffle shuttle shuttlecock sign sign up sine wave spare spares special school spell spell off stagger stand in stand-in steady stopgap sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum succeed successive summer school superseder supplanter swap sway swing switch symbol synecdoche take turns teeter teeter totter teeter-totter temporary tentative tergiversate third string time off to-and-fro token totter trade transpose turn undulant undulate undulatory up-and-down utility utility man utility player vacillate variant vary vicar vicar general vicarious vice vice president vice-president vice-regent vicegerent wavelike waver wax and wane wheel wheel around wheeling wibble-wabble wigwag wobble zigzag

Noun(2 words)

replacement surrogate

Verb(5 words)

seesaw switch tack take turns understudy

Adjective(1 words)

substitute

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Good luck alternates with misfortune.

Source: tatoeba (240710)

Day alternates with night.

Source: tatoeba (277571)

The meter of this poem alternates between seven and five morae per line.

Source: tatoeba (2799290)

She alternates between solo and band recordings, which allows the singer/fiddler to showcase both contemporary pop and traditional country/bluegrass sounds.

Source: tatoeba (12128826)

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