alternate (219 synonym found)

Alternate has 219 synonyms. The top synonyms for alternate are sub, copy, even, mock, swap, sway, turn, vary and 211 more. Browse the full list below.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a synonym for alternate?

A common synonym for alternate is sub. Other synonyms include copy, even, mock, swap.

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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