Synonyms for permutation
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Noun
1. Transposition
transposition, change, substitution, exchange, replacement, switch, interchange
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Definitions
- n. 1
One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
Which permutation for completing our agenda items makes the most sense?
Related words
- Phrases
- permutation lock
Forms
- Plural
- permutations → transpositions, changes, substitutions, exchanges…
Example sentences
- switch I don't switch on the light in my studio at night.
- replacement Are you already thinking of a replacement for Tom?
- substitution Algeria needs to follow an import-substitution regime.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| permutation | rising | |
| switch | steady | |
| replacement | steady | |
| substitution | falling | |
| transposition | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- change1, switch1
- 8 letters
- exchange2
- 10 letters
- alteration4
- 11 letters
- replacement3, interchange3
- 12 letters
- substitution4
- 13 letters
- transmutation, transposition
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exchange2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- permutation
- Italiano
- permutazione