Word Meanings - ALTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No power in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters

Additional info about word: ALTER

1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No power in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. lxxxix. 34. 2. To agitate; to affect mentally. Milton. 3. To geld. Syn. -- Change, Alter. Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ALTER)

• Change Vary
• alter
• modify
• diversify
• qualify
• transmute
• substitute
• fluctuate
• shift
• veer
• exchange
• Commute
• Alter
• mitigate
• compensate
• barter
• equalize
• balance
• Diversify
• Vary
• change modify
• variegate
• Divert
• change
• deflect
• alienate
• delight
• please
• gratify
• entertain
• amuse
• Shift Change
• transfer
• shelve
• displace
• remove

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ALTER)

• Conserve
• retain
• stabilitate
• fix
• clinch
• stand
• endure
• last
• hold
• Fix
• fasten
• locate
• insert
• pitch
• plant
• place

Related words: (words related to ALTER)

• PITCHSTONE
  An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
• MODIFY
  1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract. 2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• PITCHERFUL
  The quantity a pitcher will hold.
• PITCHINESS
  Blackness, as of pitch; darkness.
• ALTERNATING CURRENT
  A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow.
• PITCHFORK
  A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• ALTERNATION
  Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Mason. Alternation of generation. See under Generation. (more info) 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• CHANGEFUL
  Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. His course had been changeful. Motley. -- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• PLANTIGRADA
  A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.
• EQUALIZER
  One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
• EXCHANGE EDITOR
  An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.
• RETAINMENT
  The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
• PLANTULE
  The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
• FASTENER
  One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
• VARIEGATE
  To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the
• DISPLANTATION
  The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.
• SUPPLANT
  heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the
• SUBALTERNANT
  A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately.
• FALTER
  To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell.
• MISALTER
  To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse. Bp. Hall.
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• REEXCHANGE
  To exchange anew; to reverse .
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.