alternate (219 synonym found)

Alternate has 219 synonyms. The top synonyms for alternate are zigzag, wobble, wigwag, wibble-wabble, wheeling, wheel around, wheel, wax and wane and 211 more. Browse the full list below.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a synonym for alternate?

A common synonym for alternate is zigzag. Other synonyms include wobble, wigwag, wibble-wabble, wheeling.

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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