What's The Definition Of Alter?
[v] remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
[v] make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
[v] cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
[v] insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
[v] make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Alter: castrate |
change |
falsify |
interpolate |
neuter |
spay |
vary
Related Terms | Find terms related to Alter: abate |
accommodate |
adapt |
adjust |
adjust to |
alter into |
ameliorate |
assuage |
be changed |
be converted into |
be renewed |
become |
better |
bottom out |
box in |
break |
break up |
castrate |
change |
change into |
checker |
chop |
chop and change |
circumscribe |
come about |
come around |
come round |
come round to |
condition |
convert |
deform |
degenerate |
denature |
deteriorate |
deviate |
diminish |
diverge |
diversify |
emasculate |
eunuchize |
evolve into |
fall into |
fit |
fix |
flop |
geld |
haul around |
hedge |
hedge about |
improve |
jibe |
lapse into |
leaven |
limit |
meliorate |
melt into |
mitigate |
moderate |
modify |
modulate |
mutate |
narrow |
open into |
overthrow |
palliate |
pass into |
qualify |
realign |
rebuild |
reconstruct |
re-create |
redesign |
reduce |
refit |
reform |
regulate by |
remake |
remodel |
renew |
reshape |
restrain |
restrict |
restructure |
revamp |
revise |
revive |
ring the changes |
ripen into |
run into |
season |
set conditions |
set limits |
settle into |
shift |
shift into |
shift the scene |
shuffle the cards |
soften |
spay |
subvert |
swerve |
tack |
take a turn |
temper |
transform |
turn |
turn aside |
turn into |
turn the corner |
turn the scale |
turn the tables |
turn the tide |
turn to |
turn upside down |
undergo a change |
unsex |
vary |
veer |
warp |
work a change |
worsen
See Also | accommodate |
accustom |
acerbate |
acetylate |
acetylise |
acetylize |
achromatise |
achromatize |
activate |
adapt |
add |
adorn |
aerate |
affect |
age |
aggravate |
alchemise |
alchemize |
alcoholise |
alcoholize |
alien |
alienate |
alkalinise |
alkalinize |
allegorise |
allegorize |
alter |
alter |
alternate |
amalgamate |
ameliorate |
amend |
Americanise |
Americanize |
anglicise |
anglicize |
angulate |
animalise |
animalize |
animate |
animise |
animize |
antiquate |
antique |
archaise |
archaize |
arouse |
arterialise |
arterialize |
ash |
assimilate |
automate |
automatise |
automatize |
avianise |
avianize |
awaken |
barb |
barbarise |
barbarize |
bear on |
bear upon |
beautify |
bedim |
beef up |
begrime |
bemire |
bestialise |
bestialize |
bestow |
better |
blear |
blind |
blot out |
blunt |
blur |
boil |
bolshevise |
bolshevize |
branch out |
break |
break down |
break up |
brighten |
bring |
broaden |
brutalise |
brutalize |
calcify |
camp |
capture |
cause to sleep |
centralise |
centralize |
change |
change intensity |
change over |
change taste |
charge |
chasten |
check |
chill |
chord |
circularize |
civilise |
civilize |
clarify |
classicise |
classicize |
clean |
clear |
close |
clot |
coagulate |
coarsen |
cohere |
collimate |
colly |
color |
color in |
colorise |
colorize |
colour |
colour in |
colourise |
colourize |
commercialise |
commercialize |
commix |
communise |
communize |
commute |
compensate |
complicate |
concentrate |
condense |
confuse |
constitutionalise |
constitutionalize |
contaminate |
contract |
contribute |
conventionalise |
conventionalize |
convert |
cook |
cool |
cool down |
correct |
corrupt |
counterchange |
crack |
crackle |
crush |
cry |
customise |
customize |
cut |
damage |
darken |
deactivate |
deaden |
deaminate |
deaminize |
debase |
debauch |
decarboxylate |
decentralise |
decentralize |
decimalise |
decimalize |
deconcentrate |
decorate |
decrease |
decrepitate |
de-emphasise |
de-emphasize |
defeminise |
defeminize |
deflate |
deform |
dehydrogenate |
delay |
demist |
democratise |
democratize |
demonise |
demonize |
demoralise |
demoralize |
demulsify |
demythologise |
demythologize |
denationalise |
denationalize |
denaturalise |
denaturalize |
denature |
deodorize |
deodourise |
depersonalise |
depersonalize |
depolarise |
depolarize |
deprave |
depress |
desensitise |
desensitize |
desex |
desexualise |
desexualize |
destabilise |
destabilize |
destress |
detransitivise |
detransitivize |
devalue |
develop |
devilise |
devilize |
diabolise |
diabolize |
digitalise |
digitalize |
digitise |
digitize |
dinge |
dirty |
disable |
disaffect |
disarray |
discolor |
disenable |
disintegrate |
disorder |
disqualify |
dissimilate |
dissonate |
disturb |
diversify |
dizzy |
domesticate |
domesticise |
domesticize |
dope |
draw |
drop |
dry |
dry out |
dull |
dynamise |
dynamize |
edit |
edit out |
effeminize |
elaborate |
elevate |
embellish |
empty |
emulsify |
enable |
end |
energise |
energize |
envenom |
equal |
equalise |
equalize |
equate |
erreminise |
estrange |
eternalise |
eternalize |
eternise |
eternize |
etherealize |
etherialise |
etiolate |
Europeanise |
Europeanize |
evaporate |
even |
even out |
exacerbate |
exasperate |
exchange |
excite |
expand |
extend |
exteriorise |
exteriorize |
externalise |
externalize |
familiarise |
familiarize |
fasten |
fat |
fatten |
fatten out |
fatten up |
fecundate |
feminise |
feminize |
fertilise |
fertilize |
fill |
fill out |
fill up |
fix |
flatten |
flesh out |
form |
fortify |
freeze |
Frenchify |
freshen |
full |
gear up |
gelatinise |
gelatinize |
get |
glamorise |
glamorize |
glamourise |
glamourize |
glorify |
grace |
grime |
habituate |
harmonise |
harmonize |
harshen |
heat |
heat up |
hide |
honeycomb |
hue |
humanise |
humanize |
humble |
hydrogenate |
immaterialise |
immaterialize |
immortalise |
immortalize |
impact |
impart |
improve |
inactivate |
incandesce |
incapacitate |
increase |
indispose |
individualise |
individualize |
industrialise |
industrialize |
inflate |
inform |
inseminate |
inspissate |
insulate |
intensify |
interchange |
internationalise |
internationalize |
intransitivise |
intransitivize |
introvert |
invalidate |
invert |
iodinate |
ionate |
isomerise |
isomerize |
jump |
lace |
laicise |
laicize |
land |
legitimate |
lend |
lessen |
let out |
liberalise |
liberalize |
lift |
lighten |
lighten up |
liquefy |
liquidise |
liquidize |
liquify |
loose |
loosen |
louden |
lower |
lubricate |
magnetise |
magnetize |
make |
make clean |
make full |
make grow |
make possible |
mark |
market |
masculinise |
masculinize |
match |
mature |
mechanise |
mechanize |
meliorate |
merge |
militarise |
militarize |
mince |
mingle |
minify |
misdirect |
mix |
moderate |
modulate |
morph |
move |
muddy |
mythicise |
mythicize |
mythologise |
mythologize |
narrow |
narrow down |
nationalise |
nationalize |
naturalise |
naturalize |
Nazify |
neutralise |
neutralize |
nick |
normalise |
normalize |
obfuscate |
objectify |
obliterate |
obscure |
occidentalise |
occidentalize |
officialise |
officialize |
opacify |
opalise |
opalize |
opsonize |
orientalise |
orientalize |
ornament |
ossify |
outmode |
overcloud |
overturn |
oxidate |
oxidise |
oxidize |
oxygenise |
oxygenize |
paganise |
paganize |
pall |
parallel |
patent |
perplex |
personalise |
personalize |
pervert |
plasticise |
plasticize |
plump |
plump out |
poison |
polarise |
polarize |
politicise |
politicize |
prepare |
pressurise |
pressurize |
profane |
proof |
prostrate |
purge |
purify |
put |
radiate |
raise |
rarefy |
rarify |
rationalise |
rationalize |
ready |
reclaim |
recombine |
recommend |
reconstruct |
rectify |
redact |
redo |
redress |
reestablish |
refine |
reflate |
reform |
refresh |
refreshen |
regenerate |
reinstate |
relax |
remodel |
renormalise |
renormalize |
restore |
retard |
reverse |
revolutionise |
revolutionize |
right |
ripen |
romanticise |
romanticize |
round |
round down |
round off |
round out |
rouse |
rusticate |
sanctify |
sanitise |
sanitize |
saponify |
saturate |
sauce |
schematise |
schematize |
scramble |
sensibilise |
sensibilize |
sensify |
sensitise |
sensitize |
sentimentalise |
sentimentalize |
set |
set aside |
set up |
sew |
sexualise |
sexualize |
shake |
shallow |
shape |
sharpen |
shift |
shoal |
shorten |
simplify |
slenderise |
slenderize |
sober |
socialise |
socialize |
soften |
soil |
solemnise |
solemnize |
solvate |
specialise |
specialize |
spice |
spice up |
spike |
spiritualize |
sputter |
stabilise |
stabilize |
stain |
steepen |
sterilise |
sterilize |
stiffen |
straighten |
straighten out |
strengthen |
string |
subdue |
sublimate |
subtilize |
suburbanise |
suburbanize |
subvert |
supercharge |
supple |
suspend |
sweeten |
switch |
symmetrise |
symmetrize |
synchronise |
synchronize |
tailor |
tailor-make |
take in |
tame |
temper |
tender |
tenderise |
tenderize |
tense |
terminate |
territorialise |
territorialize |
thicken |
think |
tighten |
tone down |
touch |
touch on |
transaminate |
transfigure |
transform |
transitivise |
transitivize |
translate |
transmute |
transpose |
transubstantiate |
turn |
uglify |
unclutter |
undo |
unfit |
uniformise |
uniformize |
unify |
unite |
unsanctify |
unscramble |
unsex |
unsex |
unsubstantialise |
unsubstantialize |
untie |
urbanise |
urbanize |
validate |
vaporise |
vaporize |
variegate |
vascularise |
vascularize |
ventilate |
verbify |
vesiculate |
virilise |
virilize |
visualise |
visualize |
vitalise |
vitalize |
vitiate |
vitrify |
vivify |
void |
volatilise |
volatilize |
vulgarise |
vulgarize |
wake |
wake up |
waken |
warm |
weaken |
westernise |
westernize |
wet |
widen |
womanize |
worsen |
zest
Alter In Webster's Dictionary
\Al"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Altered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Altering}.] [F. alt['e]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter
other, alius other. Cf. {Else}, {Other}.]
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. [Obs.] --Milton.
3. To geld. [Colloq.]
Syn: {Change}, {Alter}.
Usage: 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.
\Al"ter\, v. i.
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change;
as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter
by exposure. ``The law of the Medes and Persians, which
altereth not.'' --Dan. vi. 8.
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