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altered - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | altered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changed |
| Synonyms: | adapted, converted, corrected, fitted, fixed, modified, qualified, reformed, remade, remodeled, renovated, revised, spiked, adjusted, amended, cooked, diversified, doctored, redone, refitted, reshaped, retailored, transformed, turned, updated |
| Antonyms: | fixed, held, kept, retained, sustained, continued, maintained, preserved |
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, develop, diversify, doctor, metamorphose, modify, mutate, reconstruct, reform, remodel, renovate, revamp, revise, shift, transform, turn, vary, correct mid-course, dial back, fine tune, make different, phony up, recalibrate, recast, refashion, reshape, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, fix, keep, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain, let stand |
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize animal |
| Synonyms: | castrate, change, emasculate, fix, geld, mutilate, neuter, caponize, desexualize, spay, unsex |
| Main Entry: | castrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emasculated |
| Synonyms: | altered, effeminate, emasculate, fixed, impotent, desexed, unmanned |
| Main Entry: | influenced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affected |
| Synonyms: | altered, changed, determined, moved, persuaded, formed, inveigled, motivated, shaped, swayed, turned |
| Main Entry: | mended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restored |
| Synonyms: | altered, changed, corrected, fixed, helped, improved, rebuilt, regulated, relieved, remodeled, renewed, renovated, repaired, revived, abated, ameliorated, bettered, cured, doctored*, enhanced, lessened, patched up, rectified, refreshed, refurbished, regenerated, rejuvenated, remedied, reorganized |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remodeled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | renovated |
| Synonyms: | altered, improved, rebuilt, repaired, modernized, rearranged, reconstructed, redecorated, refitted, refurnished |
| Main Entry: | revised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrected |
| Synonyms: | altered, changed, fixed, improved, adjusted, amended, edited, emended, overhauled, rectified, redacted, redone, reworked, rewritten, updated |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset, grieved, stirred |
| Antonyms: | calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | different |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dissimilar, unlike |
| Synonyms: | altered, changed, clashing, colorful, contrary, contrasting, deviating, discrepant, disparate, distant, distinct, distinctive, divergent, diverse, incomparable, inconsistent, individual, offbeat, opposed, other, otherwise, particular, peculiar, single, unequal, unrelated, variant, various, a far cry from, antithetic, at odds, at variance, contradistinct, contradistinctive, contrastive, differential, divers, incommensurable, like night and day, mismatched, mismated, poles apart, unalike, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | alike, correspondent, homogeneous, like, resembling, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | modified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | changed |
| Synonyms: | altered, converted, fitted, adjusted, mutated, refitted |
| Main Entry: | reformed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | changed |
| Synonyms: | altered, corrected, improved, renewed, revised, amended, reconstituted, reconstructed, rectified, reestablished, regenerated, reorganized, reset, revolutionized, reworked, transformed |
| Antonyms: | deteriorated, degenerated, preserved |
| Main Entry: | unaccustomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, strange |
| Synonyms: | alien, altered, bizarre, different, eccentric, exceptional, exotic, foreign, imported, novel, out of the ordinary, outlandish, quaint, remarkable, singular, special, surprising, uncommon, unconventional, unexpected, unfamiliar, unknown, unorthodox, unprecedented, unusual, variant, uncustomary, unwonted |
| Antonyms: | customary, normal, usual |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adulterated, rotten |
| Synonyms: | altered, decayed, defiled, distorted, falsified, foul, noxious, putrid, tainted, contaminated, doctored, infected, polluted, putrescent |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sound, wholesome, purified |
| Main Entry: | new |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | modernized, restored |
| Synonyms: | altered, changed, improved, renewed, revived, redesigned, refreshed, regenerated |
| Antonyms: | old, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outdated, unstylish |
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, shape, square, suit, tailor, come around, get act together, grow used to, play the game, roll with punches, shape up |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make prepared, adapted |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, conform, dispose, doctor*, fine-tune, fit, fix, fix up, habituate, harmonize, modify, order, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, settle, suit, tailor, tune, acclimatize, do as Romans do, fiddle with, get act together, get it together, grin and bear it, make conform, quadrate, swim with the tide, tailor-make |
| Antonyms: | confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | alternate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take turns, change back and forth |
| Synonyms: | alter, blow hot and cold*, change, exchange, fluctuate, follow, interchange, intersperse, oscillate, relieve, rotate, seesaw, shift, shilly-shally*, substitute, sway, vacillate, vary, waver, act reciprocally, come and go, fill in for, follow in turn, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | continue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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