What is another word for modulate?
850 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈɒdjʊlˌe͡ɪt], [ mˈɒdjʊlˌeɪt], [ m_ˈɒ_d_j_ʊ_l_ˌeɪ_t]
Modulate is most commonly known to mean to adjust or regulate, but there are many other words that can be used to express this idea. For instance, modify means to alter or adjust, while regulate is more specific in its meaning, indicating control or adjustment of a process or system. Other synonyms for modulate include temper, tune, fine-tune, and calibrate. In the context of communication, modulate can also mean to vary or change, as in the tone or pitch of someone's voice, in which case other synonyms might include inflect, intonate, or accentuate. Overall, the concept of modulation encompasses a wide range of ideas, from tuning instruments to tweaking a process for optimal performance, to adapting to the context of interpersonal communication.
Synonyms for Modulate:
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v.
• change- adapt ,
- convert ,
- deviate ,
- diversify ,
- fluctuate ,
- modulate ,
- mutate ,
- reform ,
- transform ,
- transit ,
- transpose ,
- vacillate .
- balming ,
- be calm ,
- be calmed ,
- be calming ,
- be calms ,
- be-calm ,
- be-calmed ,
- be-calming ,
- be-calms ,
- eases up ,
- easing up ,
- holds in ,
- re collect ,
- re collected ,
- re collecting ,
- re collects ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-collected ,
- re-collecting ,
- re-collects ,
- re-press ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- simmered down ,
- simmering down ,
- simmers down ,
- tuned down ,
- tunes down ,
- tuning down .
- de bate ,
- de bated ,
- de bates ,
- de bating ,
- de claim ,
- de claimed ,
- de claiming ,
- de claims ,
- de scant ,
- de scanted ,
- de scanting ,
- de scants ,
- de-bate ,
- de-bated ,
- de-bates ,
- de-bating ,
- de-claim ,
- de-claimed ,
- de-claiming ,
- de-claims ,
- de-scant ,
- de-scanted ,
- de-scanting ,
- de-scants ,
- dilate up on ,
- dilated up on ,
- dilated upon ,
- dilates up on ,
- dilates upon ,
- dilating up on ,
- dilating upon ,
- dis course ,
- dis coursed ,
- dis courses ,
- dis coursing ,
- dis sert ,
- dis-course ,
- dis-coursed ,
- dis-courses ,
- dis-coursing ,
- dis-sert ,
- dissertated ,
- dissertates ,
- dissertating ,
- disserted ,
- disserting ,
- disserts ,
- ex plain ,
- ex plained ,
- ex plaining ,
- ex plains ,
- ex pound ,
- ex pounded ,
- ex pounding ,
- ex pounds ,
- ex-plain ,
- ex-plained ,
- ex-plaining ,
- ex-plains ,
- ex-pound ,
- ex-pounded ,
- ex-pounding ,
- ex-pounds ,
- gave a meeting ,
- gave meeting ,
- gives a meeting ,
- gives meeting ,
- giving a meeting ,
- giving meeting ,
- holds forth ,
- re mark ,
- re marked ,
- re marking ,
- re marks ,
- re-marked ,
- re-marking ,
- re-marks .
- de clare ,
- de clares ,
- de liver ,
- de livered ,
- de livering ,
- de livers ,
- de-clare ,
- de-clares ,
- de-liver ,
- de-livered ,
- de-livering ,
- de-livers ,
- ex press ,
- ex pressed ,
- ex pressing ,
- ex-press ,
- ex-pressing ,
- lays down ,
- out line ,
- out lined ,
- out lines ,
- out lining ,
- out-line ,
- out-lined ,
- out-lines ,
- out-lining ,
- phonates ,
- phonating ,
- pro claim ,
- pro claimed ,
- pro claiming ,
- pro claims ,
- pro pound ,
- pro pounded ,
- pro pounding ,
- pro pounds ,
- pro-claiming ,
- pro-claims ,
- pro-pound ,
- pro-pounded ,
- pro-pounding ,
- pro-pounds .
- cooled out ,
- cooling out ,
- cools out ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- dieing down ,
- eased off ,
- eases off ,
- met halfway ,
- softpedal ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub side ,
- sub sided ,
- sub sides ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues ,
- sub-sides .
- co ordinate ,
- co ordinates ,
- dis pose ,
- dis posed ,
- dis posing ,
- dis-pose ,
- dis-posed ,
- dis-posing ,
- over saw ,
- over see ,
- over seeing ,
- over seen ,
- over sees ,
- over-saw ,
- over-seen ,
- over-sees ,
- pulled things together ,
- pulling things together ,
- pulls things together ,
- put order ,
- puts order ,
- putting order ,
- re adjust ,
- re adjusted ,
- re adjusting ,
- re adjusts ,
- re-adjusted ,
- re-adjusting ,
- re-adjusts ,
- shapes up ,
- shaping up ,
- straightening up ,
- super intend ,
- super intended ,
- super intending ,
- super intends ,
- super vise ,
- super vised ,
- super vising ,
- super-intend ,
- super-intended ,
- super-intending ,
- super-intends ,
- super-vise ,
- super-vised ,
- trueing .
- loses speed ,
- losing speed ,
- lost speed ,
- re lax ,
- re-lax ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- un tighten ,
- un tightened ,
- un tightening ,
- un tightens ,
- un-tighten ,
- un-tightened ,
- un-tightening ,
- un-tightens .
- de lay ,
- de laying ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-laying ,
- de-lays ,
- fell away ,
- intermits ,
- pro rogue ,
- pro rogued ,
- pro rogues ,
- pro roguing ,
- pro-rogue ,
- pro-rogued ,
- pro-rogues ,
- pro-roguing ,
- re lease ,
- re leases ,
- re peal ,
- re pealed ,
- re pealing ,
- re peals ,
- re spite ,
- re spited ,
- re spites ,
- re spiting ,
- re-lease ,
- re-leased ,
- re-leases ,
- re-pealed ,
- re-peals ,
- re-spited ,
- re-spites ,
- re-spiting .
- brake silence ,
- breaking silence ,
- breaks silence ,
- broke silence ,
- makes known ,
- makes public ,
- open one mouth ,
- open ones mouth ,
- opened mouth ,
- opened one mouth ,
- opened one's mouth ,
- opened ones mouth ,
- opening mouth ,
- opening one mouth ,
- opening one's mouth ,
- opening ones mouth ,
- opens mouth ,
- opens one mouth ,
- opens one's mouth ,
- opens ones mouth ,
- popping off ,
- pops off ,
- put in to words ,
- puts in to words ,
- puts into words ,
- putting in to words ,
- putting into words ,
- spake one piece ,
- spake one's piece ,
- spake ones piece ,
- spake piece ,
- speak one piece ,
- speak ones piece ,
- speak piece ,
- speaking one piece ,
- speaking one's piece ,
- speaking ones piece ,
- speaking piece ,
- speaks one piece ,
- speaks one's piece ,
- speaks ones piece ,
- speaks piece ,
- spoke one piece ,
- spoke one's piece ,
- spoke ones piece ,
- spoke piece ,
- yakkety yakked ,
- yakkety yakking ,
- yakkety yaks ,
- yakkety-yakked ,
- yakkety-yakking ,
- yakkety-yaks ,
- yakketyyak ,
- yakketyyakked ,
- yakketyyakking ,
- yakketyyaks .
- made reasonable ,
- makes reasonable ,
- making reasonable ,
- monkeyed around with ,
- monkeying around with ,
- monkeys around with ,
- re vamped ,
- re vamps ,
- re-vamp ,
- re-vamped ,
- re-vamping ,
- re-vamps ,
- take bite out of ,
- take edge off ,
- take sting out of ,
- takes bite out of ,
- takes edge off ,
- takes sting out of ,
- takes the bite out of ,
- takes the edge off ,
- takes the sting out of ,
- taking bite out of ,
- taking edge off ,
- taking sting out of ,
- taking the bite out of ,
- taking the edge off ,
- taking the sting out of ,
- took bite out of ,
- took edge off ,
- took sting out of ,
- took the bite out of ,
- took the edge off ,
- took the sting out of .
Other synonyms:
- MW ,
- airwaves ,
- frequency ,
- hertz ,
- hz ,
- khz ,
- kilohertz ,
- long wave ,
- medium wave ,
- radio wave ,
- short wave ,
- spectral ,
- trail away ,
- uhf ,
- vhf ,
- waveband .
- lift .
- drop .
- break .
- anaesthetize ,
- anesthetize ,
- attend ,
- bandage ,
- bleed ,
- bring back ,
- bypass ,
- catch ,
- catheterize ,
- cauterize .
- wobble .
Other relevant words:
- Amnestied ,
- Amnestying ,
- Chinned ,
- Co-ordinates ,
- Intermitted ,
- Intermitting ,
- Postulating ,
- Proportioning ,
- Prorogued ,
- Proroguing ,
- Remitted ,
- Respited ,
- Respiting ,
- Shelving ,
- Stringed ,
- Stringing ,
- change ,
- chinning ,
- co-ordinate ,
- compose ,
- discourse ,
- enunciate ,
- fall away ,
- falling away ,
- falls away ,
- fine tune ,
- give words to ,
- intermit ,
- intone ,
- laid down ,
- lay down ,
- laying down ,
- make reasonable ,
- moderate ,
- modify ,
- monkey around with ,
- phonate ,
- phonated ,
- prorogue ,
- prorogues ,
- pull things together ,
- put in order ,
- puts in order ,
- putting in order ,
- qualify ,
- re-adjust ,
- readjust ,
- readjusted ,
- regulate ,
- relax ,
- remit ,
- shape up ,
- speak ,
- straighten up ,
- straightened up ,
- straightens up ,
- strung ,
- take the bite out of ,
- take the edge off ,
- take the sting out of ,
- temper ,
- tempered ,
- timed ,
- timing ,
- trued ,
- trues ,
- truing ,
- tune up ,
- utter ,
- uttered ,
- voice .
- Evolved ,
- Metamorphosed ,
- Re-form ,
- Revolutionizing ,
- made over ,
- make innovations ,
- make over ,
- metamorphose ,
- re-formed ,
- remake ,
- remakes ,
- remaking ,
- restyle ,
- restyled ,
- restyling ,
- substitute ,
- tamper with ,
- tampered with ,
- tampering with ,
- tampers with ,
- transfigure ,
- transformed ,
- warp .
- Re-collect ,
- Slackened ,
- balmed ,
- ease up ,
- eased up ,
- held in ,
- hold in ,
- holding in ,
- pacifies ,
- placate ,
- quell ,
- simmer down ,
- slackens ,
- soothe ,
- tune down .
- Dissert ,
- Lectured ,
- Re-mark ,
- commentate ,
- commentated ,
- commentates ,
- commentating ,
- dilate upon ,
- dissertate ,
- expound ,
- give a meeting ,
- give meeting ,
- harangue ,
- held forth ,
- hold forth ,
- holding forth .
- Downs ,
- cool out ,
- die down ,
- died down ,
- dies down ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- dying down ,
- ease off ,
- easing off ,
- soft pedal ,
- tone down .
- Intervert ,
- Modulating ,
- abate ,
- accommodate ,
- accompany ,
- adjust to ,
- administer ,
- admit exceptions ,
- allay ,
- alleviate ,
- allow for ,
- ameliorate ,
- arrange ,
- articulation ,
- ascertain ,
- assuage ,
- atmospherics ,
- attemper ,
- attune ,
- back ,
- baffle ,
- balance ,
- bank the fire ,
- baton ,
- be changed ,
- be converted into ,
- be renewed ,
- better ,
- blast ,
- blunt ,
- bottom out ,
- box in ,
- chant ,
- chasten ,
- check ,
- checker ,
- chop ,
- chop and change ,
- circumscribe ,
- come about ,
- come around ,
- come round ,
- condition ,
- conform ,
- consolidate ,
- constrain ,
- control ,
- crack ,
- curb ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- de-emphasize ,
- deaden ,
- decide ,
- decrease ,
- deform ,
- degenerate ,
- denature ,
- deteriorate ,
- determine ,
- dictate ,
- diminish ,
- diverge ,
- downplay ,
- dull ,
- equate ,
- evert ,
- extenuate ,
- fine-tune ,
- fit ,
- fix ,
- flop ,
- govern ,
- harden ,
- hedge ,
- improve ,
- inflect ,
- influence ,
- intonate ,
- jibe ,
- keep within bounds ,
- lay ,
- leaven ,
- lenify ,
- lessen ,
- lighten ,
- limit ,
- lower ,
- maintain ,
- make allowance for ,
- manage ,
- match ,
- meliorate ,
- mitigate ,
- modulated ,
- mold ,
- mute ,
- narrow ,
- obtund ,
- order ,
- organize ,
- overthrow ,
- palliate ,
- pass to ,
- play ,
- play down ,
- poise ,
- proportion ,
- quiet ,
- quieten ,
- re-create ,
- realign ,
- rebuild ,
- reconstruct ,
- redesign ,
- reduce ,
- reduce the temperature ,
- refit ,
- regularise ,
- regularize ,
- regulate by ,
- renew ,
- reshape ,
- resolve ,
- restrain ,
- restrict ,
- restructure ,
- resume ,
- revamp ,
- reverse ,
- revise ,
- revive ,
- season ,
- shape ,
- shift ,
- shuffle ,
- slacken ,
- slow down ,
- smother ,
- sober ,
- soften ,
- sound ,
- stifle ,
- strengthen ,
- subdue ,
- subvert ,
- suppress ,
- swerve ,
- switch ,
- tack ,
- take a turn ,
- take into account ,
- talk ,
- tame ,
- tone ,
- tone up ,
- transmogrify ,
- tune ,
- turn ,
- turn aside ,
- turn down ,
- turn into ,
- turn the corner ,
- turn the scale ,
- turn the tables ,
- turn the tide ,
- turn upside down ,
- tweak ,
- underplay ,
- veer ,
- verbalize ,
- vibrate ,
- wax and wane ,
- weaken ,
- worsen .
- laxed ,
- laxes ,
- laxing ,
- lose speed ,
- relaxes ,
- slowed down .
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How to use "Modulate" in context?
Modulate means to change the intensity, pitch, or other characteristics of (a sound or light) using a control. A musical instrument, for example, may be modulated to produce a wide variety of tones by altering the pressure exerted on its strings. In the visual arts, modulation can refer to the use of perspective, chiaroscuro, and other techniques to create the sense of depth and motion.
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