Alter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To change or make different; modify: altered my will.
  • v. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.
  • v. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).
  • verb-intransitive. To change or become different.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To change the form or structure of.
  • v. To become different.
  • v. To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  • v. To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
  • v. To agitate; to affect mentally.
  • v. To geld.
  • verb-intransitive. To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make some change in; make different in some particular; cause to vary in some degree, without an entire change.
  • To change entirely or materially; convert into another form or state: as, to alter a cloak into a coat; to alter an opinion.
  • To castrate, emasculate, or spay, as an animal.
  • To exchange.
  • To agitate: as, ”altered and moved inwardly,” Milton, Areopagitica, p. 1.
  • To become different in some respect; vary; change.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  • v. remove the ovaries of
  • v. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
  • v. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
  • v. make an alteration to
  • Antonym
    continue    maintain    fix   
    Verb Form
    altered    altering    alters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    redact    edit    change    modify   
    Cross Reference
    falsify    change   
    Hyponym
    barb    blister    wake up    spice up    fertilise    colour    arterialize    habituate    condense    right   
    Form
    alterable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    change    agitate    geld    vary    modify    interpolate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gibraltar    Psalter    Walter    altar    balter    defaulter    falter    halter    malter    psalter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts