| ADJECTIVE | all | alternate | every second one of a series |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | alternate, alternative, substitute | serving or used in place of another | |
| all | alternate, alternating | occurring by turns | |
| all | alternate | of leaves and branches etc | |
| VERB | change | alternate, jump | go back and forth |
| social | alternate | exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions | |
| cognition | alternate, understudy | be an understudy or alternate for a role | |
| change | alternate, interchange, tack, switch, flip, flip-flop | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | |
| change | alternate, take turns | do something in turns | |
| NOUN | person | alternate, surrogate, replacement | someone who takes the place of another person |
| Sounds | ao'lternaht; ao'lterney.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | ||
| Meaning | Every second one of a series. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays" | |
| Broader | cyclic, cyclical | recurring in cycles |
| Spanish | alterno | |
| Meaning | Serving or used in place of another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | alternative, substitute | |
| Broader | secondary | Of second rank or importance or value |
| Spanish | alternativo, alterno | |
| Catalan | altern, alternatiu | |
| Nouns | alternate | someone who takes the place of another person |
| Meaning | Occurring by turns; first one and then the other. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | alternating | |
| Broader | cyclic, cyclical | recurring in cycles |
| Spanish | alternado, alternante, alterno, oscilante | |
| Adverbs | alternately | in an alternating sequence or position |
| Meaning | Of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "stems with alternate leaves" | |
| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
| Opposite | opposite, paired | Of leaves etc |
| Meaning | someone who takes the place of another person. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | surrogate, replacement | |
| Broader | stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) |
| Spanish | alterno, sustituto | |
| Catalan | altern, substitut | |
| Adjectives | alternate | serving or used in place of another |
| Verbs | alternate | be an understudy or alternate for a role |
| alternate | exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions | |
| Meaning | go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | jump | |
| Broader | change, alter, vary | Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics / characteristics or essence |
| Spanish | alternar, saltar | |
| Catalan | alternar, saltar | |
| Nouns | alternation | successive change from one thing or state to another and back again |
| Meaning | Exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Narrower | rotate | Exchange on a regular basis |
| Broader | exchange | hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent |
| Spanish | alternar | |
| Catalan | alternar | |
| Nouns | alternate | someone who takes the place of another person |
| Meaning | Be an understudy or alternate for a role. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | understudy | |
| Broader | memorize, memorise, con, learn | commit to memory |
| Spanish | suplantar | |
| Nouns | alternate | someone who takes the place of another person |
| Meaning | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) . | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | interchange, tack, switch, flip, flip-flop | |
| Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse | change to the contrary |
| Spanish | alternar | |
| Catalan | alternar, canviar, intercanviar | |
| Meaning | Do something in turns. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | take turns | |
| Narrower | spell | take turns working |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | alternar | |
| Catalan | alternar, anar canviant | |
| Nouns | alternation | successive change from one thing or state to another and back again |
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