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alternate (219 synonym found)
Alternate has 219 synonyms. The top synonyms for alternate are agent, alter ego, alternating, alternative, amicus curiae, analogy, back and fill, back-and-forth and 211 more. Browse the full list below.
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Definition of alternate:
(adj) :
being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal; designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second
"and bid alternate passions fall and rise. -Pope"
(n) :
that which alternates with something else; vicissitude; (Misuse) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty
"grateful alternates of substantial. -Prior"
(v) :
to perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly; to happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time;—followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other
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Definition of alternate:
(adj) :
being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal; designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second
"and bid alternate passions fall and rise. -Pope"
(n) :
that which alternates with something else; vicissitude; (Misuse) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty
"grateful alternates of substantial. -Prior"
(v) :
to perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly; to happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time;—followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other
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