Change

Noun

 * 1)  the process of becoming different.
 * 2)  small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
 * 3)  a replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
 * 4)  money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
 * 5)  a transfer between vehicles
 * 6)  a change-up pitch

Verb

 * 1)  To become something different.
 * 2)  To make something into something different.
 * 3)  To replace.
 * 4)  To replace one's clothing.
 * 5)  To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
 * 6)  To exchange.

Adjectives for Change
progressive; astonishing; unimportant; political; social; economic; structural; miraculous; obliterative; corresponding; desirable; succeeding; fundamental; constant; violent; geophysical; asthmatic; marked; sudden; degenerative; inexpedient; miserable; extensive; solar; mortal; impending; metamorphic; observable; electrical; agreeable; flattering; malignant; pathological; valuable; secular; lightning-like; fermentative; welcome; sea¬sonal; noticeable; decided; verbal; pleasing; ceaseless; convulsive; panoramic; periodic; beneficent; numerable (pi); realized; much-needed; alleged; abrupt; necessary; sly; wide; complex; enduring; practical; problematic; undeniable; unvarying; tangible; quiet; kindliest; peaceful; noteworthy; magical; refreshing; propitious; vital; tactful; serious; dramatic; vast; thrilling; epoch-making; cataclysmic; arbitrary; doleful; terrific;  saddening;  inevitable;  visible; kaleidoscopic; psychic; psychological; adolescent; bodily; daily; physical; technical; natural; singular; momentous; subtle; logical; ministerial; definite; threatened; healthful; indescribable; amazing; innovational; perceptible; incestuous; personal; far-reaching; periodical; remarkable; random; striking; varying; gradual; fluctuant; refreshing; incessant; vindictive; rhythmic; continual; rapid; industrial; tragical; stupendous; extraordinary; infinitesimal; withering; physiological; molecular; fine; hideous; enjoyable; radical; ceaseless; generating; appreciable; agreeable; constant; profound; frequent; cunning; coincidental; instantaneous; delicate; fearful; acceptable; painful; pathetic; alarming; implied; essential; numerous (pi); eternal; intermediate;  never-ending; distressing;  partial; genuine; far-reaching; healing; startling; elaborate; drastic; magical; notable; wholesome; comprehensible; monotonous; revolutionary; unaccountable; permanent; consolidating; accumulated;

Verbs for Change
accomplish—; advance—; advise—; advocate—; anticipate—; await—; bemoan—r beset by —s; bless—; compel—; concede—; confirm—; contemplate—; debate—; deplore—; destine for—; dread—; effect—; execute —; exhort—; fathom—; frown upon—; hinder—; impart—; inaugurate—; indicate—; induce—; mourn—; occasion—; oppose—; perceive—; prescribe—; promise—; pronounce—; prophesy—; propose—; report—; stir to—; suffer—; undergo—; warrant—; work—; —accompanies; —arises from; — equalizes; —modifies; —occurs; —perplexes.

Adverbs for Change
accordingly; singularly; momentously; logically; definitely; healthfully; indescribably; amazingly; perceptibly; personally; refreshingly; incessantly; industrially; tragically; stupendously; infinitesimally; molecularly; radically; appreciably; profoundly; instantaneously; acceptably; partially; eternally; genuinely; drastically; momentously; magically; notably; wholesomely; permanently; progressively; economically; miraculously; desirably; fundamentally; electrically; pathologically; seasonally; undeniably; noticeably; unvaryingly; tangibly; propitiously; vitally; arbitrarily; chemically; climatically; technically.

Synonyms for Change

 * transition, transformation
 * (to make something different) alter, modify, transform
 * alteration, variation, mutation, innovation, transformation, novelty, transmutation, metamorphosis, modification, transition, vicissitude, revolution, deviation, reverse, renewal, regeneration, exchange, conversion.

Antonyms for Change
firmness, permanency, fixedness, constancy, steadiness, steadfastness, changelessness, stability, duration, certainty, durability

Related terms

 * interchange

Derived terms

 * changeable
 * change by reversal
 * change course
 * change direction
 * changeful
 * change out
 * change hands
 * change horses in midstream
 * change integrity
 * changeling
 * change one's mind
 * change one's tune
 * change places
 * change tack
 * change the subject
 * change up
 * chop and change
 * everchanging
 * get changed
 * leopard change his spots
 * presto change-o
 * the more things change, the more they stay the same
 * and change
 * breaking change
 * bureau de change
 * chump change
 * cool change
 * change agent
 * change key
 * change-off
 * change of heart
 * change of innings
 * change of life
 * change of mind
 * change of state
 * change order
 * change ringing
 * change-up
 * chemical change
 * chump change
 * climate change
 * deflection change
 * fatty change
 * net change
 * oil change
 * phase change
 * quick-change
 * regime change
 * sea change
 * seed change
 * sex change
 * shortchange
 * small change
 * sound change
 * spare change
 * step change
 * technological change

Thesaurus
aberration, about-face, accommodate, adapt, adjust, advance, agency, agent, alchemy, alter, alteration, alternate, alternative, ameliorate, analogy, analysis, analyze, anatomization, anatomize, ascend, assimilate to, assimilation, assume, assumption, atomization, atomize, avatar, back, back and fill, back up, backup, bandy, barter, be changed, be converted into, be quits with, be renewed, become, becoming, better, bottom out, break, break up, bring to, budge, buy and sell, castrate, change for, change into, change over, change place, change-over, changeling, checker, chop, chop and change, chop logic, circle, climb, coins, come about, come around, come round, commutation, commute, comparison, compensate, compound for, conversion, convert, cooperate, copy, counterchange, counterfeit, deal, deform, degenerate, delegation, demarcation, denature, deputation, deputy, deputyship, descend, desexualize, desynonymization, desynonymize, deteriorate, deviate, deviation, difference, differencing, differentiate, differentiation, discriminate, discrimination, disequalization, disequalize, disjoin, disjunction, displacement, distinction, distinguish, distinguishment, dither, diverge, divergence, diversification, diversify, divide, division, do business, do over, don, double, dress in, dub in, dummy, ebb, equal, equivalent, equivocate, ersatz, exchange, fake, fill-in, fit, fix, flip-flop, flop, flow, fluctuate, geld, get back at, get even with, get into, get on, get over, ghost, ghostwriter, give and take, give in exchange, give place to, go, go around, go round, go sideways, growth, gyrate, hard cash, haul around, horse-trade, imitation, improve, individualization, individualize, individuate, individuation, innovation, interchange, inverse, invert, jibe, lapse, locum tenens, logroll, make, make a distinction, make do with, make over, make way for, makeshift, mark, mark off, mark out, meliorate, metamorphose, metamorphosis, metaphor, metonymy, mitigate, modification, modify, modulate, modulation, mount, move, move over, mutate, mutation, mutilate, naturalization, naturalize, neuter, next best thing, novelty, offer in exchange, oscillate, overthrow, particularization, particularize, passage, pay back, pendulate, permutation, permute, personalization, personalize, personnel, petty cash, phony, pin money, pinch hitter, plunge, pocket money, power of attorney, progress, proxy, put on, put up with, qualify, quid pro quo, re-create, re-formation, realign, rebuild, reciprocate, reconstruct, reconversion, reconvert, redeem, redesign, reduce to, reduction, refashion, refine a distinction, refit, reform, regress, relief, remake, render, renew, replace, replacement, representation, representative, requite, reserves, reshape, resolution, resolve into, respond, restructure, retaliate, retrogress, return, return the compliment, revamp, reversal, reverse, revert, revive, revolution, ring in, ring the changes, ringer, rise, rotate, run, second string, secondary, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, set apart, set off, sever, severalization, severalize, severance, shift, shift the scene, shift with, shilly-shally, shuffle the cards, sign, silver, sink, slip on, small change, soar, spares, specialization, specialize, spending money, spin, split hairs, sport, stand-in, stir, stream, sub, subrogation, subside, substituent, substitute, substitution, subvert, succedaneum, supersedence, superseder, superseding, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanter, supplanting, supplantment, surrogate, swap, swap horses, swerve, switch, switch over, switch-over, symbol, synecdoche, tack, take a turn, take in exchange, teeter, tergiversate, third string, tit for tat, token, totter, trade, trade in, trade off, trade sight unseen, transfigure, transform, transformation, transit, transition, translate, transmogrify, transmutation, transmute, transplace, transpose, transubstantiate, travel, truck, turn, turn aside, turn back, turn into, turn the corner, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, turning into, undergo a change, understudy, unsex, utility player, vacillate, variation, variegate, variety, vary, veer, vicar, vicariousness, vice-president, vice-regent, vicissitude, volte-face, wane, warp, waver, whirl, wobble, work a change, worsen

Etymology
Via from  changier:, compare French changer:, from  cambio:. Cognate with Italian cambiare:, Portuguese cambiar:, Romanian schimb:, Spanish cambiar:. Used in English since the 13th Century.

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Basque: aldaketa
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: canvi 'm''
 * Chinese:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שינוי (shinui), השתנות (hishtanut)
 * Hindi: बदलना
 * Hungarian: változás, megváltozás
 * Ido: chanjo
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 変化 (へんか, henka), 変更 (へんこう, henkō)
 * Khmer: ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ
 * Korean: 변화(byeonhwa)


 * Kurdish: گۆڕان
 * Latin: cambiatio
 * Latvian: pārmaiņa, izmaiņa
 * Limburgish: verangering
 * Lithuanian: pokytis, pasikeitimas, permaina
 * Malayalam: മാറ്റം (maattam)
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mùthadh, atharrachadh, caochladh
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: тағйир
 * Tamil: மாற்றம்
 * Telugu: మార్పు
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: votükam


 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Basque: kanbio
 * Catalan: canvi
 * Czech:
 * Danish: småpenge, vekselpenge
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ŝanĝmono
 * Finnish: vaihtoraha
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ψιλά
 * Hebrew: עודף ('odef)
 * Hindi: छुट्टा
 * Ido: kambio
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: お釣り (おつり, o-tsuri), つり銭 (つりせん, tsurisen), 小銭 (こぜに, kozeni)
 * Korean: 잔돈, 거스름돈
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: sīknauda


 * Lithuanian: grąža, smulkūs pinigai
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Malayalam: ചില്ലറ (chillaRa)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: schimb (de bani)
 * Russian: сдача
 * Serbian: sitnina or shorter sića; kusur  (excess money given when paying cash)
 * Serbo-Croatian: sitniš
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: cambio, calderilla , chatarra   , feria   , menudo  , morralla   , sencillo  , suelto  , vuelto
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: växel, växelpengar
 * Telugu: చిల్లర


 * Basque: aldaketa, truke
 * Bulgarian:, замяна
 * Czech: náhrada, záměna
 * Danish: ombytning, udskiftning, skift, omklædning (change of clothes)
 * Dutch: andere kleren
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: החלפה (hakhlafa)
 * Hungarian:


 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene: zamenjava
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ombyte (=a change of clothes)


 * Swahili:


 * Basque: kanbio
 * Bulgarian: ресто
 * Catalan: canvi
 * French:
 * German: Rückgeld
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: visszajáró, visszajáró
 * Korean: 거스름돈 (geoseureumdon), 잔돈 (jandon)


 * Lithuanian: grąža
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian: сдача
 * Spanish: cambio, devueltas , vuelta  , vueltas  , vuelto
 * Swahili:
 * Thai: เงินทอน

Verb

 * Arabic:
 * Basque: aldatu
 * Bulgarian: променям се
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: ,
 * Mandarin: 變為, 变为, ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  改為,  改为
 * Crimean Tatar: deñişmek
 * Czech: měnit se
 * Danish: ændre sig, forandre sig
 * Dutch: veranderen, zich aanpassen
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: changer, se transformer, muter
 * German: ändern, verändern, wandeln
 * Greek:, μεταμορφώνομαι
 * Hebrew: השתנה
 * Hindi: बदलना
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, ,


 * Latin:
 * Latvian: mainīties
 * Lithuanian:, mainytis
 * Macedonian: се менува, се изменува
 * Old English:
 * Pashto: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: a schimba, transforma
 * Russian:,   ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mùth, atharraich
 * Slovene: spremeniti se
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: మారు (maaru)
 * Thai: เปลี่ยน,
 * Tok Pisin: senis
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:


 * Arabic:
 * Basque: aldatu
 * Bulgarian: изменям, променям
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: deñiştirmek, trampa etmek
 * Danish: ændre, forandre
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, μεταβάλλω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Interlingua: cambiar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:


 * Kurdish: ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: mainīt
 * Lithuanian:
 * Old English:
 * Pashto: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: a schimba, a modifica
 * Russian:,   ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mùth, atharraich
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: మార్చు (maarchu)
 * Tok Pisin: senisim
 * Welsh:


 * Basque: aldatu, trukatu
 * Bulgarian: сменям, заменям
 * Crimean Tatar: deñiştirmek, avuştırmaq
 * Danish: skifte, udskifte, ombytte
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: wechseln, auswechseln
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: החליף
 * Hungarian:, ,  vált
 * Japanese: 代える (kaeru), 替える (kaeru), 換える (kaeru)
 * Latvian: nomainīt, aizstāt
 * Lithuanian:


 * Macedonian: заменува
 * Old English:
 * Pashto:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: a înlocui
 * Russian:, заменить
 * Scottish Gaelic: atharraich
 * Slovene: zamenjati
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Basque: aldatu
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Korean: 갈아입다
 * Latvian: pārģērbties


 * Lithuanian: persirengti
 * Pashto:
 * Russian: переодеваться, переодеться
 * Swedish: byta om
 * Welsh:


 * Greek: μετεπιβιβάζομαι
 * Korean: 갈아타다


 * Russian: пересаживаться, пересесть
 * Swedish: byta

Noun

 * 1) exchange

Verb

 * 1) first and third person singular indicative present of changer
 * 2) first and third person singular subjunctive present of changer
 * 3) second person singular imperative of changer

Related terms

 * changer
 * changeur