| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
Synonyms: |
adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, correct mid-course, develop, dial back, diversify, doctor, fine tune, make different, metamorphose, modify, mutate, phony up, recalibrate, recast, reconstruct, refashion, reform, remodel, renovate, reshape, revamp, revise, shift, transform, transmute, turn, vary |
Antonyms: |
continue, fix, keep, let stand, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain |
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize animal |
Synonyms: |
caponize, castrate, change, desexualize, emasculate, fix, geld, mutilate, neuter, spay, unsex |
| Main Entry: | altered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changed |
Synonyms: |
adapted, adjusted, amended, converted, cooked, corrected, diversified, doctored, fitted, fixed, modified, qualified, redone, refitted, reformed, remade, remodeled, renovated, reshaped, retailored, revised, spiked, transformed, turned, updated |
Antonyms: |
continued, fixed, held, kept, maintained, preserved, retained, sustained |
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
Synonyms: |
acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, come around, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get act together, get used to, grow used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, play the game, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, roll with punches, shape, shape up, square, suit, tailor |
Antonyms: |
disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make prepared, adapted |
Synonyms: |
acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, conform, dispose, do as Romans do, doctor*, fiddle with, fine-tune, fit, fix, fix up, get act together, get it together, grin and bear it, habituate, harmonize, make conform, modify, order, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, settle, suit, swim with the tide, tailor, tailor-make, tune |
Antonyms: |
confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, upset |
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
Synonyms: |
act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
Synonyms: |
afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, grieved, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, stirred, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset |
Antonyms: |
calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | alternate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take turns, change back and forth |
Synonyms: |
act reciprocally, alter, blow hot and cold, change, come and go, exchange, fill in for, fluctuate, follow, follow in turn, interchange, intersperse, oscillate, relieve, rotate, seesaw, shift, shilly-shally, substitute, sway, vacillate, vary, waver, yo-yo |
Antonyms: |
continue |
| Main Entry: | amend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, correct |
Synonyms: |
alter, ameliorate, better, change, elevate, enhance, fix, help, lift, make up for, mend, modify, pay one's dues, raise, rectify, reform, remedy, repair, revise, right, square* |
Antonyms: |
blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, harm, impair, injure, mar, reduce, subtract, worsen |
| Main Entry: | brainwash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force to believe or do things |
Synonyms: |
alter, catechize, condition, convert, convince, educate, indoctrinate, influence, instill, persuade, proselytize, teach |