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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agent
alter ego
alternating
alternative
amicus curiae
analogy
back and fill
back-and-forth
backup
backup man
bandy
battledore and shuttlecock
be here again
be quits with
beating
champion
changeling
circle
circling
come again
come and go
come around
come round
come round again
come up again
commute
comparison
compensate
copy
corresponding
counterchange
counterfeit
cover
cyclic
deputy
dither
do a hitch
do a stint
do a tour
do time
double
dummy
ebb and flow
enlist
epochal
equal
equivalent
equivocate
ersatz
even
every other
exchange
exchangeable
executive officer
exponent
figurehead
fill in for
fill-in
flounder
fluctuate
get back at
get even with
ghost
ghostwriter
give and take
go through phases
have a go
have tenure
hitch and hike
hold office
imitation
in rotation
interchange
interchangeable
intermittent
isochronal
isochronous
keep a watch
lieutenant
locum
locum tenens
logroll
makeshift
measured
metaphor
metonymy
metronomic
mock
next best thing
oscillate
oscillatory
other
paranymph
pass and repass
pay back
pendulate
periodic
periodical
permute
personnel
phony
pinch
pinch hitter
pleader
procurator
provisional
proxy
pulsate
pulse
pulsing
re-up
reappear
reciprocal
reciprocate
reciprocative
recur
recurrent
recurring
reenlist
relief
reliever
reoccur
repeat
replacement
replacing
representative
requite
reserve
reserves
respond
retaliate
return
return the compliment
rhythmic
ride and tie
ring the changes
ringer
roll around
rotary
rotate
rotating
seasonal
second in command
second string
seesaw
serial
serve time
shilly-shally
shuffle
shuttle
shuttlecock
sign up
sine wave
spare
spares
spell
spell off
stagger
stand-in
steady
stopgap
sub
substituent
substitute
substitution
succedaneum
succeed
successive
superseder
supplanter
surrogate
swap
sway
swing
switch
symbol
synecdoche
take turns
teeter
teeter-totter
temporary
tentative
tergiversate
third string
time off
to-and-fro
token
totter
trade
transpose
turn
understudy
undulant
undulate
undulatory
up-and-down
utility
utility man
utility player
vacillate
variant
vary
vicar
vicar general
vicarious
vice
vice-president
vice-regent
vicegerent
wavelike
waver
wax and wane
wheel
wheel around
wheeling
wibble-wabble
wigwag
wobble
zigzag

Frequently asked questions

What is a synonym for alternate?

A common synonym for alternate is agent. Other synonyms include alter ego, alternating, alternative, amicus curiae.

How many synonyms does alternate have?

Alternate has 219 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does alternate mean?

(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 regula

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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