Antonyms for switch
swɪtʃswitch

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1. switchnoun

   A small, flexible twig or rod, especially one used as a whip.

   Synonyms:
   crop

2. switchnoun

   Synonyms:
   flag, specifier, option

3. switchnoun

   A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.

   Synonyms:
   points

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1. switch

   Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.

   Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

   Synonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

   Preposition:
   Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.

Matched Categories

1. • Basketball Play
   • Exchange
   • Flog
   • Hairpiece
   • Instrument Of Punishment
   • Railroad Track

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1. switch, electric switch, electrical switchnoun

   control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

   Synonyms:
   shift, electrical switch, replacement, electric switch, switching, transposition, substitution, permutation

2. substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switchnoun

   an event in which one thing is substituted for another

   "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

   Synonyms:
   reversal, refilling, replacing, exchange, commutation, renewal, substitution, replenishment, surrogate, heterotaxy, successor, switching, shift, replacement, alternate, permutation, electrical switch, transposition, substitute, electric switch

3. switchnoun

   hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

   Synonyms:
   shift, electrical switch, replacement, electric switch, switching, transposition, substitution, permutation

4. switchnoun

   railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

   Synonyms:
   shift, electrical switch, replacement, electric switch, switching, transposition, substitution, permutation

5. switchnoun

   a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

   Synonyms:
   shift, electrical switch, replacement, electric switch, switching, transposition, substitution, permutation

6. switchnoun

   a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

   Synonyms:
   shift, electrical switch, replacement, electric switch, switching, transposition, substitution, permutation

7. switch, switching, shiftverb

   the act of changing one thing or position for another

   "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

   Synonyms:
   electrical switch, work shift, fault, displacement, transposition, duty period, shift key, shifting, sack, chemise, break, geological fault, faulting, shift, substitution, shimmy, teddy, slip, switching, transformation, replacement, permutation, transmutation, fracture, electric switch

8. switch over, switch, exchangeverb

   change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

   Synonyms:
   change, throw, interchange, replace, tack, alternate, commute, shift, switch over, flip-flop, flip, trade, convert, exchange, change over, swap, substitute, swop

9. trade, swap, swop, switchverb

   exchange or give (something) in exchange for

   Synonyms:
   merchandise, change, throw, interchange, tack, alternate, deal, shift, switch over, exchange, trade in, flip-flop, trade, sell, change over, swap, flip, swop

10. switch, shift, changeverb

    lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

    "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"

    Synonyms:
    exchange, change, throw, interchange, budge, careen, agitate, alter, commute, wobble, lurch, tack, alternate, reposition, vary, stir, tilt, shift, switch over, flip-flop, pitch, flip, modify, trade, swop, transfer, change over, deepen, swap, convert, dislodge

11. switch, change over, shiftverb

    make a shift in or exchange of

    "First Joe led; then we switched"

    Synonyms:
    exchange, change, throw, interchange, budge, dislodge, careen, agitate, wobble, lurch, tack, alternate, reposition, stir, tilt, shift, switch over, flip-flop, pitch, flip, trade, convert, transfer, change over, swap, swop

12. throw, flip, switchverb

    cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

    "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"

    Synonyms:
    fuddle, confound, twitch, flick, fox, exchange, confuse, swap, bedevil, cast off, thrust, flip-flop, have, shift, change, alternate, make, throw, cast, tack, leaf, pitch, flip, trade, sky, riffle, give, riff, swop, bemuse, hold, befuddle, thumb, shake off, throw off, toss, throw away, change over, flip over, turn over, contrive, drop, bewilder, flip out, hurl, discombobulate, switch over, project, interchange, shed

13. switchverb

    flog with or as if with a flexible rod

    Synonyms:
    change, alternate, shift, swop, exchange, flip, throw, switch over, tack, change over, flip-flop, trade, interchange, swap

14. interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flopverb

    reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

    Synonyms:
    tack together, put together, flip over, swop, transpose, exchange, piece, flip, append, hang on, tack on, twitch, flick, understudy, tack, thumb, change, alternate, counterchange, throw, leaf, pitch, trade, sky, riffle, riff, flip out, switch over, baste, wear round, substitute, toss, flip-flop, change over, set up, shift, turn over, jump, swap, replace, assemble, take turns, tag on, interchange

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1. switchverb

   Synonyms:
   whip, flog, shunt, shift

How to use switch in a sentence?

1. Abdullah Alawi:

   This was followed by measures taken by such prominent countries as the United Arab Emirates, which said it would switch subsidised to market-based fuel prices, and Kuwait, which is reviewing its subsidies system, i think this increases the worries of Gulf Cooperation Council citizens, including Saudis, about the prospects for their economies and their welfare as well.

2. Mary Lou Retton:

   When I walked in here, I knew I was starting over, and I was scared, but now, I know I'm starting over, but I'm excited. There's that mental switch.

3. Maddy Dychtwald:

   Retirement is no longer a switch that you turn on and off.

4. Ed Matthew:

   We need to get off gas, and the best way to do that is to switch to heat pumps. That way, you are completely removing gas from the property.

5. Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal:

   It was a bait-and-switch, it wasn't what we've been told. It wasn't what we had been promised.

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