Synonyms for alteration
Most common
conversion variation adjustment modification amendment revision
All synonyms
Noun
1. Modification
change, modification, variation, adjustment, conversion, difference, mutation, deviation, revolution, turn, innovation, permutation, vicissitude
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of altering or making different.
Forms
- Plural
- alterations → changes, modifications, variations, adjustments…
Example sentences
- conversion The programmers worked on the conversion to HTML5.
- variation This is the humorous variation of a certain proverb.
- adjustment The decline isn't so sharp after seasonal adjustment.
- modification Through genetic modification, we can improve crops.
- amendment The Thirteenth Amendment freed all Negro slaves.
- revision Marxism isn't scientific unless it permits revision.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| alteration | falling | |
| conversion | falling | |
| variation | falling | |
| adjustment | falling | |
| modification | falling | |
| amendment | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- turn1
- 6 letters
- change1
- 8 letters
- revision3, mutation3
- 9 letters
- amendment3, variation4, deviation4
- 10 letters
- difference3, revolution4, innovation4, conversion3, adjustment3
- 11 letters
- permutation4, vicissitude4
- 12 letters
- modification5
- 15 letters
- diversification6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (revision3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- altération
- Italiano
- alterazione
- Español
- alteración
- Català
- alteració