alternate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who takes the place of another person
Types & categories
- reliever hypernym
Related & opposite
- replace derivation
- understudy derivation
- alternate derivation
- supplant derivation
- alternative derivation
Sense 2 verb
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
Types & categories
- vary hypernym
Related & opposite
- alternation derivation
Sense 3 verb
exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- surrogate derivation
Sense 4 adjective
serving or used in place of another
an alternative plan
Related & opposite
- substitute derivation
- reliever derivation
- surrogate derivation
- secondary similar to
Sense 5 verb
be an understudy or alternate for a role
Types & categories
- memorize hypernym
Related & opposite
- surrogate derivation
- understudy derivation
Sense 6 verb
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Types & categories
- reverse hypernym
Related & opposite
- switching derivation
- tacking derivation
- turnabout derivation
- substitution derivation
Sense 7 adjective
of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
stems with alternate leaves
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
do something in turns
We take turns on the night shift
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- alternation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | replace |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | understudy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reliever |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | vary |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | surrogate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | exchange |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rotate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitute |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reliever |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | surrogate |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | secondary |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | surrogate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | understudy |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | memorize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | switching |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | tacking |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | turnabout |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitution |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | reverse |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | opposite |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternation |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | spell |