English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

alternate

noun

1 alternate

Someone who takes the place of another person.

synonyms: replacement, surrogate.

verb

1 alternate

Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.

synonym: jump.

Roget 314: oscillate; vibrate, librate; alternate, undulate, wave; rock, swing; pulsate, beat; wag, waggle; nod, bob, ... show more

Roget 149: fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, ... show more

Roget 138: recur in regular order, recur in regular succession; return, revolve; come again, come in its turn; come round, come round again; beat, pulsate; alternate; intermit.   

Roget 605: be irresolute etc. adj.; hang in suspense, keep in suspense; leave "ad referendum"; think twice about, pause; dawdle etc. (inactivity) 683; remain neuter; dillydally, ... show more

Roget 63: succeed; come after, come on, come next; follow, ensue, step into the shoes of; alternate.    place after, suffix, append.   

Roget 20a: vary etc. (change) 140; deviate etc. 279; diverge etc. 291; alternate, swerve.   

Roget 70: be discontinuous etc. adj.; alternate, intermit, sputter, stop and start, hesitate.    discontinue, pause, interrupt; intervene; break, ... show more

Dutch: verwisselen, alterneren, afwisselen

2 alternate

Exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions.

Dutch: afwisselen, alterneren, rouleren

3 alternate

Be an understudy or alternate for a role.

synonym: understudy.

4 alternate

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).

synonyms: flip, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack.

Roget 12: reciprocate, alternate; interchange etc. 148; exchange; counterchange.   

5 alternate

Do something in turns.

synonym: take turns.

Dutch: beurtelings, verwisselend, wisselend, afwisselend, afwisselen

adjective

1 alternate

Every second one of a series.

Roget 63: succeeding &c.; v.; sequent; subsequent, consequent, sequacious, proximate, next; consecutive etc. (continuity) 69; alternate, ... show more

Roget 138: periodic, periodical; serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical; recurring etc. v.; intermittent, remittent; alternate, every other.    ... show more

Roget 12: reciprocal, mutual, commutual, correlative, reciprocative, interrelated, closely related; alternate; interchangeable; interdependent; international; complemental, complementary.   

Roget 70: discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu [Fr.]; disconnected, unconnected; discrete, disjunctive; fitful etc. (irregular) 139; spasmodic, ... show more

2 alternate

Serving or used in place of another.

synonyms: alternative, substitute.

Polish: alternatywny

3 alternate

Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.

synonym: alternating.

Polish: naprzemienny, przemienny

4 alternate

Of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired.


Moby thesaurus: advocate, agent, alter ego, alternating, alternative, amicus curiae, analogy, attorney, back and fill, back-and-forth, backup, backup man, bandy, battledore and shuttlecock, be here again, be quits with, beating, champion, change, changeling ... show more.

Find more on alternate elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.0453