Alter

Verb

 * 1)  To change the form or structure of
 * 2)  To tailor clothes to make them fit

Adverbs for Alter
placidly; ridiculously;  radically; appreciably; considerably; materially; profoundly; conspicuously; extremely; subsequently; invariably;  frankly; significantly;  sensibly; quantitatively;   mysteriously;   extensively; basically;  subtly;  markedly; seriously; intangibly ; indefinably.

Synonyms for Alter
change, transform, metamorphose, vary, modify, moderate, regulate, qualify, shift, diversify.

Antonyms for Alter
keep, retain, preserve, continue, maintain.

Thesaurus
abate; accommodate; adapt; adjust; adjust to; alter into; ameliorate; assuage; be changed; be converted into; be renewed; become; better; bottom out; box in; break; break up; castrate; change; change into; checker; chop; chop and change; circumscribe; come about; come around; come round; come round to; condition; convert; deform; degenerate; denature; deteriorate; deviate; diminish; diverge; diversify; emasculate; eunuchize; evolve into; fall into; fit; fix; flop; geld; haul around; hedge; hedge about; improve; jibe; lapse into; leaven; limit; meliorate; melt into; mitigate; moderate; modify; modulate; mutate; narrow; open into; overthrow; palliate; pass into; qualify; re-create; realign; rebuild; reconstruct; redesign; reduce; refit; reform; regulate by; remake; remodel; renew; reshape; restrain; restrict; restructure; revamp; revise; revive; ring the changes; ripen into; run into; season; set conditions; set limits; settle into; shift; shift into; shift the scene; shuffle the cards; soften; spay; subvert; swerve; tack; take a turn; temper; transform; turn; turn aside; turn into; turn the corner; turn the scale; turn the tables; turn the tide; turn to; turn upside down; undergo a change; unsex; vary; veer; warp; work a change; worsen

Etymology
< alterare: <  alter: < al-: (seen in alius:, alienus:, etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter:.

Derived terms

 * alterable

Related terms

 * alternate
 * alternative
 * alteration

Translations

 * : يغير
 * : променям, изменям
 * : cambiare
 * : 変える (かえる, kaeru); 変更する (へんこうする, henkōsuru); 直す (naosu)
 * : wendan
 * Polish: zmieniać / zmienić, przerabiać / przerobić


 * : modifica, schimba, altera, altul
 * Russian:,  ;  , поменить ; переделывать , переделать
 * Scottish Gaelic: mùth
 * Spanish: alterar, cambiar, modificar

Anagrams

 * alert
 * artel
 * later
 * ratel
 * taler

Etymology
From altari:, from  altari:, from  altare:.

Noun

 * 1) altar

Etymology
From. Akin to alius:.

Adjective

 * 1) the other, the second

Descendants

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