Definition for Alternate:

• Every other ( of a series); pertaining to such a series.

Synonyms for Alternate:

• adj.

  •acting (adjective)
  • working,
  • performing,
  • provisional,
  • functioning,
  • practicing,
  • deputy,
  • operating.
  •substitute (adjective)
  • stand-in.

• n.

  •
  • adapt.
  •
  • relieve,
  • follow.
  •
  • diversify,
  • shuffle,
  • teeter,
  • waver,
  • alter.
  •agent (noun)
  • liaison,
  • factor,
  • agency,
  • intermediary,
  • middleman,
  • instrument,
  • broker,
  • mediator,
  • go-between,
  • vehicle,
  • actor,
  • operative,
  • impresario,
  • ombudsman.
  •alternate (noun)
  • consecutive,
  • alternating,
  • Interchanging,
  • intersperse,
  • oscillate,
  • reciprocal,
  • rotating,
  • substitute,
  • take turns,
  • every second.
  •alternative (noun)
  • other,
  • makeshift.
  •delegate (noun)
  • vicar,
  • replacement.
  •deputy (noun)
  • appointee,
  • second,
  • figurehead,
  • attorney,
  • mouthpiece,
  • token,
  • nominee,
  • servant,
  • double,
  • assistant,
  • emissary,
  • agent,
  • lieutenant,
  • dummy,
  • aide,
  • representative,
  • ghost,
  • envoy,
  • understudy,
  • proxy,
  • acolyte,
  • helpmate,
  • auxiliary,
  • spokeswoman,
  • helper,
  • arm,
  • attendant,
  • spokesman.
  •substitute (noun)
  • alternative,
  • counterfeit,
  • imitation.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • jump.
  •oscillate (verb)
  • throb,
  • totter,
  • tremble,
  • wag,
  • sway,
  • wobble,
  • librate,
  • pulsate,
  • tick,
  • undulate,
  • rock,
  • bob,
  • pulse,
  • vibrate,
  • radiate.
  •substitute (verb)
  • commute,
  • swap,
  • subrogate,
  • switch,
  • imitate,
  • replace,
  • trade,
  • supersede,
  • displace,
  • supplant,
  • represent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ensue,
  • chosen,
  • vary,
  • half-hourly,
  • nightly,
  • probabilistic,
  • selectively,
  • sub,
  • triennial,
  • handpicked.
  •
  • afterthought,
  • rotate,
  • standby,
  • settled,
  • reserve,
  • reciprocate.
  •
  • regularly,
  • metaphor.
  •Other relevant words:
  • innovation,
  • commence,
  • reserves,
  • flitter,
  • cyclical,
  • even,
  • additional,
  • roll around,
  • also,
  • off-and-on,
  • renaissance,
  • synecdoche,
  • stunt man,
  • generally,
  • rearrange,
  • special school,
  • bandy,
  • aide-de-camp,
  • swag,
  • startle,
  • public school,
  • flick,
  • come around,
  • fumble,
  • mutual,
  • spell,
  • successor,
  • start,
  • minister,
  • come round,
  • equivalent,
  • divergency,
  • Discrepance,
  • oscillatory,
  • vice president,
  • replacing,
  • gal Friday,
  • interrelated,
  • ancillary,
  • correlative,
  • another,
  • leap out,
  • supporter,
  • consequent,
  • cyclic,
  • wamble,
  • Substituent,
  • swerve,
  • come next,
  • tentative,
  • take,
  • cover,
  • flounder,
  • sky,
  • advocate,
  • frequently,
  • circling,
  • deviate,
  • hem and haw,
  • succedaneum,
  • alternatively,
  • rhythmical,
  • Undulatory,
  • permute,
  • palter,
  • space,
  • sequent,
  • broken,
  • come on,
  • inferior,
  • modify,
  • renewal,
  • fake,
  • fitful,
  • international,
  • often,
  • deviation,
  • trim,
  • equivocate,
  • lower,
  • recurrent,
  • vicar general,
  • go,
  • flip,
  • back and fill,
  • corresponding,
  • sparely,
  • refilling,
  • option,
  • Undulant,
  • furthermore,
  • nuncio,
  • sputter,
  • to and fro,
  • ghostwriter,
  • blink,
  • continuity,
  • variation,
  • moreover,
  • flit,
  • forward,
  • sine wave,
  • superseder,
  • rise,
  • Amoebean,
  • serve time,
  • flip over,
  • come after,
  • extra,
  • supplanter,
  • disjunctive,
  • mutually,
  • substitution,
  • back-and-forth,
  • counterchange,
  • re-up,
  • alternation,
  • complementary,
  • interexchange,
  • still more,
  • supporting,
  • throw,
  • shuttle,
  • executive officer,
  • leap,
  • reciprocally,
  • SPARES,
  • reflexive,
  • courtesy,
  • wheeling,
  • tack,
  • vicegerent,
  • sign,
  • unconnected,
  • Commutual,
  • curtsy,
  • exchangeable,
  • jump-start,
  • begin,
  • dawdle,
  • climb up,
  • cooperate,
  • reciprocative,
  • alter ego,
  • minor,
  • pinch,
  • possibility,
  • legate,
  • Pendulate,
  • pass over,
  • leaf,
  • revolve,
  • succeed,
  • transpose,
  • Wabble,
  • changeling,
  • change over,
  • baste,
  • logroll,
  • engage in,
  • fill in for,
  • Reenlist,
  • replenishment,
  • flip out,
  • retract,
  • stopgap,
  • metonymy,
  • originate,
  • successive,
  • recur,
  • retaliate,
  • spare,
  • comparison,
  • repeatedly,
  • proximate,
  • desultory,
  • usually,
  • bound,
  • swing,
  • steady,
  • time off,
  • disconnected,
  • riffle,
  • measured,
  • toss,
  • besides,
  • derivative,
  • metronomic,
  • by turns,
  • interchangeable,
  • vice,
  • zigzag,
  • dither,
  • act reciprocally,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • hum and haw,
  • Recurring,
  • secondarily,
  • diverge,
  • come again,
  • rotary,
  • locum tenens,
  • second-line,
  • copy,
  • in turn,
  • memorize,
  • sign up,
  • switch over,
  • Unsuccessive,
  • summer school,
  • subordinate,
  • skip over,
  • compensate,
  • return,
  • vicarious,
  • Girl Friday,
  • irregular,
  • nod,
  • delay,
  • supportive,
  • Sequacious,
  • procurator,
  • swither,
  • intermit,
  • differ,
  • alteration,
  • caprice,
  • ringer,
  • continually,
  • incidental,
  • spasmodic,
  • choice,
  • champion,
  • commonly,
  • alternator,
  • follow in turn,
  • wigwag,
  • different,
  • respond,
  • equal,
  • battledore and shuttlecock,
  • complemental,
  • up-and-down,
  • mock,
  • discrepancy,
  • modification,
  • symbol,
  • backup man,
  • Reinforcements,
  • repeat,
  • beating,
  • dilly-dally,
  • pinch-hit,
  • Intermitting,
  • variant,
  • interrupted,
  • utility,
  • vice-regent,
  • extension,
  • do time,
  • ambassador,
  • shed,
  • rhythmic,
  • reappear,
  • amicus curiae,
  • epochal,
  • stand out,
  • falter,
  • variety,
  • flip-flop,
  • ersatz,
  • transposition,
  • periodical,
  • flicker,
  • waffle,
  • renovation,
  • utility player,
  • wavelike,
  • phony,
  • Man Friday,
  • exponent,
  • cycle,
  • shake,
  • Isochronal,
  • yet,
  • swop,
  • shuttlecock,
  • repair,
  • habitually,
  • hold office,
  • get back at,
  • waggle,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • wax and wane,
  • succeeding,
  • personnel,
  • get even with,
  • aberration,
  • parachute,
  • derail,
  • occasional,
  • turn over,
  • flash,
  • wheel around,
  • again,
  • wave,
  • shift,
  • stick out,
  • interdependent,
  • locum,
  • play,
  • requite,
  • See-saw,
  • Haver,
  • etc,
  • Paranymph,
  • come and go,
  • sequential,
  • hitch and hike,
  • reoccur,
  • alternately,
  • Isochronous,
  • dangle,
  • analogy,
  • circle,
  • jump out,
  • version,
  • nonetheless,
  • serial,
  • discrete,
  • ordinarily,
  • have a go,
  • pleader,
  • permutation,
  • each other,
  • number two,
  • selection,
  • stunt woman,
  • backer,
  • unsparingly,
  • much more,
  • mutually exclusive,
  • relief,
  • spokesperson,
  • tergiversate,
  • subsequent,
  • next,
  • utility man,
  • wheel,
  • enlist,
  • remittent.

Paraphrases for Alternate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    alternating.
  • Proper noun, singular
    alternatives.
  • Noun, plural
    alternatives.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    alternatives.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    substitutes.
  • Noun, plural
    substitutes.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    parallel, alternatives, work-linked, back-up, change-out, replacement, arterial, surrogate, stand-by, fall-back, separate.
  • Proper noun, singular
    directions, topics, Forms, models, replacement, replacements, surrogate, subsitute.
  • Noun, plural
    options, Deputies, locums, replacements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    locum, back-up, replacement, surrogate.
  • Verb, past participle
    opposed.

Antonyms for Alternate:

• adj.

  • all
    opposite.
  • substitute
    necessary.
  • Other antonyms:
    noncyclic, noncyclical, primary.

• n.

  • substitute
    necessity.

• v.

  • take turns, change back and forth
    continue, persist, stay, remain, keep, hold.

Hypernym for Alternate:

• v.

  • social
    rotate.

Hyponym for Alternate:

• n.

  • person
    stand-in, relief, substitute, backup, reliever, fill-in, backup man.

• v.

  • change
    alter, change, vary.
  • social
    exchange.