Synonyms for alternate

Other words for “alternate”, grouped by meaning.

We found 15 synonyms for “alternate”. The most common are surrogate, replacement, jump, understudy, interchange.

noun someone who takes the place of another person

verb go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

Synonymsjump

verb be an understudy or alternate for a role

verb reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

verb do something in turns

adjective every second one of a series

Similarcyclic

adjective serving or used in place of another

adjective occurring by turns; first one and then the other

Similarcyclic

adjective of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired

Oppositesopposite

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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