Synonyms for change
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. To make something different
alter, affect, modify, vary, adjust, deviate, modulate, differentiate, diversify, divert, qualify
2. Turn to
turn to, turn into, convert, commute, metamorphose, transpose, transmute, transfigure
4. Exchange
Other
turn, transform, move, transfer, reverse, re-form, come round, motion, flux, deepen, substitute
Noun
1. Alteration
alteration, modification, variation, adjustment, deviation, revolution, mutation, innovation, permutation, variance, vicissitude
2. Transformation — the process or result of becoming different
transformation, transition, metamorphosis, conversion, transfiguration, transmutation dated
Other
variety, renewal, substitution, money, diversity, novelty, diversion, commutation
Definitions
- v. 1
To become something different.
The tadpole changed into a frog.
- v. 2
To make something into something else.
The fairy changed the frog into a prince.
- n. 1
The process or result of becoming different.
The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.
- n. 2
Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
Can I get change for this $100 bill, please?
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To change is distinctively to make a thing other than it has been, in some respect at least; to exchange to put or take something else in its place; to alter is ordinarily to change partially, to make different in one or more particulars. Change is often used in the sense of exchange; as, to change horses.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- affect Petrol prices affect us all in one way or another.
- vary Vary your cardio exercises to keep it interesting.
- alter As the artist grows older his paintings may alter.
- modify We want to modify the regulations of our school.
By length
- 4 letters
- turn1, move1, vary2, flux1, veer1
- 5 letters
- money2, shift1, alter2
- 6 letters
- affect2, switch1, motion2, adjust2, modify3, divert2, deepen2, barter2
- 7 letters
- variety4, reverse2, qualify3, convert2, renewal3, novelty3, commute2, deviate3
- 8 letters
- exchange2, transfer2, mutation3, variance3, modulate3
- 9 letters
- diversity4, variation4, transform2, diversion3, deviation4, diversify4, transpose2, transmute
- 10 letters
- revolution4, transition3, innovation4, substitute3, conversion3, adjustment3, alteration4
- 11 letters
- interchange3, permutation4, commutation4, transfigure, vicissitude4
- 12 letters
- modification5, substitution4, metamorphose4
- 13 letters
- differentiate5, metamorphosis5, transmutation
- 14 letters
- transformation4
- 15 letters
- transfiguration
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vary2 = 2 syllables).