alternate (219 synonym found)

Alternate has 219 synonyms. The top synonyms for alternate are procurator, wigwag, ghost, copy, repeat, token, tergiversate, rotate and 211 more. Browse the full list below.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a synonym for alternate?

A common synonym for alternate is procurator. Other synonyms include wigwag, ghost, copy, repeat.

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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