Synonyms for change
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1. change, alteration, modification(noun)

   an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

   "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"

   Synonyms:
   modification, qualifying, revision, alteration, variety, adjustment, limiting

   Antonyms:
   stay, rest, remain

2. change(noun)

   a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event

   "he attributed the change to their marriage"

   Synonyms:
   variety, modification, alteration

   Antonyms:
   rest, remain, stay

3. change(noun)

   the action of changing something

   "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"

   Synonyms:
   variety, modification, alteration

   Antonyms:
   remain, stay, rest

4. change(noun)

   the result of alteration or modification

   "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs"; "there had been no change in the mountains"

   Synonyms:
   variety, modification, alteration

   Antonyms:
   rest, remain, stay

5. change(noun)

   the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due

   "I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change"

   Synonyms:
   variety, modification, alteration

   Antonyms:
   stay, rest, remain

6. change(noun)

   a thing that is different

   "he inspected several changes before selecting one"

   Synonyms:
   variety, modification, alteration

   Antonyms:
   rest, remain, stay

7. change(noun)

   a different or fresh set of clothes

   "she brought a change in her overnight bag"

   Synonyms:
   variety, modification, alteration

   Antonyms:
   stay, remain, rest

8. change(noun)

   coins of small denomination regarded collectively

   "he had a pocketful of change"

   Synonyms:
   variety, modification, alteration

   Antonyms:
   remain, stay, rest

9. change(noun)

   money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency

   "he got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver"

   Synonyms:
   variety, modification, alteration

   Antonyms:
   stay, remain, rest

10. variety, change(verb)

    a difference that is usually pleasant

    "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic"

    Synonyms:
    salmagundi, form, multifariousness, variety, motley, modification, mixture, miscellany, variety show, potpourri, kind, diverseness, miscellanea, alteration, smorgasbord, assortment, sort, diversity, mixed bag

    Antonyms:
    stay, remain, rest

11. change, alter, modify(verb)

    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

    "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

    Synonyms:
    interchange, interpolate, alter, modify, vary, qualify, commute, shift, exchange, neuter, falsify, castrate, spay, convert, switch, transfer, deepen

    Antonyms:
    stay, remain, rest

12. change(verb)

    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

    "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

    Synonyms:
    switch, alter, shift, modify, exchange, vary, commute, transfer, convert, interchange, deepen

    Antonyms:
    rest, remain, stay

13. change, alter, vary(verb)

    become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

    "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

    Synonyms:
    interchange, variegate, interpolate, alter, motley, modify, vary, commute, shift, exchange, neuter, falsify, castrate, spay, depart, convert, switch, transfer, deviate, diverge, deepen

    Antonyms:
    rest, stay, remain

14. switch, shift, change(verb)

    lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

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

    Synonyms:
    exchange, 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, switch, transfer, change over, deepen, swap, convert, dislodge

    Antonyms:
    stay, remain, rest

15. change(verb)

    change clothes; put on different clothes

    "Change before you go to the opera"

    Synonyms:
    switch, alter, shift, modify, exchange, vary, commute, transfer, convert, interchange, deepen

    Antonyms:
    rest, remain, stay

16. change, exchange, commute, convert(verb)

    exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

    "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"

    Synonyms:
    interchange, vary, replace, permute, alter, modify, transpose, commute, shift, switch over, exchange, win over, convince, convert, switch, transfer, change over, deepen, substitute

    Antonyms:
    rest, stay, remain

17. exchange, change, interchange(verb)

    give to, and receive from, one another

    "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

    Synonyms:
    alter, interchange, replace, deepen, tack, alternate, modify, vary, commute, shift, switch over, exchange, flip, flip-flop, transpose, convert, switch, transfer, counterchange, substitute

    Antonyms:
    remain, stay, rest

18. transfer, change(verb)

    change from one vehicle or transportation line to another

    "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"

    Synonyms:
    reassign, alter, interchange, vary, channel, transplant, transport, remove, modify, transpose, commute, shift, exchange, channelize, transmit, convert, switch, channelise, transfer, deepen

    Antonyms:
    stay, rest, remain

19. deepen, change(verb)

    become deeper in tone

    "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"

    Synonyms:
    alter, vary, modify, exchange, compound, commute, switch, transfer, convert, heighten, interchange, shift, intensify, deepen

    Antonyms:
    stay, rest, remain

20. change(verb)

    remove or replace the coverings of

    "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens"

    Synonyms:
    switch, alter, shift, modify, exchange, vary, commute, transfer, convert, interchange, deepen

    Antonyms:
    remain, rest, stay

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1. change(noun)

   To become something different.

   The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.

   Synonyms:
   modify, alter

English Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. change(v)

   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. To exchange is often to transfer ownership; as, to exchange city for country property. Change is often used in the sense of exchange; as, to change horses. To transmute is to change the qualities while the substance remains the same; as, to transmute the baser metals into gold. To transform is to change form or appearance, with or without deeper and more essential change; it is less absolute than transmute, tho sometimes used for that word, and is often used in a spiritual sense as transmute could not be; "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind," Rom. xii, 2. Transfigure is, as in its Scriptural use, to change in an exalted and glorious spiritual way; "Jesus ... was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light," Matt. xvii, 1, 2. To metamorphose is to make some remarkable change, ordinarily in external qualities, but often in structure, use, or chemical constitution, as of a caterpillar into a butterfly, of the stamens of a plant into petals, or of the crystalline structure of rocks, hence called "metamorphic rocks," as when a limestone is metamorphosed into a marble. To vary is to change from time to time, often capriciously. To commute is to put something easier, lighter, milder, or in some way more favorable in place of that which is commuted; as, to commute capital punishment to imprisonment for life; to commute daily fares on a railway to a monthly payment. To convert (Latin con, with, and verto, turn) is to primarily turn about, and signifies to change in form, character, use, etc., through a wide range of relations; iron is converted into steel, joy into grief, a sinner into a saint. To turn is a popular word for change in any sense short of the meaning of exchange, being often equivalent to alter, convert, transform, transmute, etc. We modify or qualify a statement which might seem too strong; we modify it by some limitation, qualify it by some addition.

   Synonyms:
   alter, commute, convert, diversify, exchange, metamorphose, modify, qualify, shift, substitute, transfigure, transform, transmute, turn, vary, veer

   Antonyms:
   abide, bide, continue, endure, hold, keep, persist, remain, retain, stay

   Preposition:
   To change a home toilet for a street dress; to change from a caterpillar to or into a butterfly; to change clothes with a beggar.

2. change(n)

   A change is a passing from one state or form to another, any act or process by which a thing becomes unlike what it was before, or the unlikeness so produced; we say a change was taking place, or the change that had taken place was manifest. Mutation is a more formal word for change, often suggesting repeated or continual change; as, the mutations of fortune. Novelty is a change to what is new, or the newness of that to which a change is made; as, he was perpetually desirous of novelty. Revolution is specifically and most commonly a change of government. Variation is a partial change in form, qualities, etc., but especially in position or action; as, the variation of the magnetic needle or of the pulse. Variety is a succession of changes or an intermixture of different things, and is always thought of as agreeable. Vicissitude is sharp, sudden, or violent change, always thought of as surprising and often as disturbing or distressing; as, the vicissitudes of politics. Transition is change by passing from one place or state to another, especially in a natural, regular, or orderly way; as, the transition from spring to summer, or from youth to manhood. An innovation is a change that breaks in upon an established order or custom; as, an innovation in religion or politics. For the distinctions between the other words compare the synonyms for CHANGE, v. In the religious sense regeneration is the vital renewing of the soul by the power of the divine Spirit; conversion is the conscious and manifest change from evil to good, or from a lower to a higher spiritual state; as, in Luke xxii, 32, "when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." In popular use conversion is the most common word to express the idea of regeneration.

   Synonyms:
   alteration, conversion, diversity, innovation, mutation, novelty, regeneration, renewal, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitude

   Antonyms:
   constancy, continuance, firmness, fixedness, fixity, identity, invariability, permanence, persistence, steadiness, unchangeableness, uniformity

   Preposition:
   We have made a change for the better; the change from winter to spring; the change of a liquid to or into a gas; a change in quality; a change by absorption or oxidation.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. change(v)

   Synonyms:
   vary, alter, modify, diversify, qualify, transmute, substitute, fluctuate, shift, veer, exchange

   Antonyms:
   conserve, retain, stabilitate, fix, clinch, stand, endure, last, hold

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1. alter

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2. synaptic pruning

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3. transformed

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4. transition

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Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. change(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   shift, remove for another, set aside for others

2. change(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   ALTER, vary, modify, make different, make some change in

3. change(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   exchange, barter, commute, give in exchange

4. change(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   alter, vary, shift, veer, turn, undergo change, change about

5. change(n.)

   Synonyms:
   alteration, variation, mutation, commutation, transition, transmutation, revolution

6. change(n.)

   Synonyms:
   vicissitude, variety, novelty, innovation

7. change(n.)

   Synonyms:
   small coin, small money

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. change(n)

   Synonyms:
   variation, alteration, transition, mutation, transposition, conversion, metamorphosis, innovation, transfiguration, permutation, transference, reversion, reaction, transmutation, substitution, commutation, variety, novelty, vicissitude

   Antonyms:
   continuation, stability, conservatism, permanence, inertia, monotony, perpetuation, continuance, fixity, invariability, uniformity

   Associated words:
   mutanda

2. change(v)

   Synonyms:
   alter, transmute, shift, modulate, reverse, reform, vary, modify, convert, transform, transpose, transfer, exchange, substitute, commute

   Antonyms:
   continue, persist, remain, abide

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "change":

   changes, changing, shift, amend, modify, changed, alter, exchange, modification, amendment, variation, climate, amendments, transformation, evolution, alteration, replace, changement, switch, contrast, modifying, shifts, mutations, evolve, vary, amending, transform, modifications, modified, cambio, changeover, altering, gearshift, reform, switching, amended, swap, currency, difference, changements, mutation, shifting, conversion, wandel, developments, variance

How to pronounce change?

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Australian

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Indian

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How to use change in a sentence?

1. Bob Costas:

   The reality is that this game destroys people’s brains, the cracks in the foundation are there. The day-to-day issues, as serious as they may be, they may come and go. But you cannot change the nature of the game. I certainly would not let, if I had an athletically gifted 12- or 13-year-old son, I would not let him play football.

2. Frans Timmermans:

   We've seen over the last couple of years that radical climate-change deniers have changed their position because the facts are so overwhelming. It's an untenable position, i would assume, as a politician myself, that Donald Trump is thinking about the next election and he's looking at American society. And if you see how much support there is in American society to act upon climate change, he's probably doing the math and thinking that if I want to be reelected, I have to take this seriously.

3. Wendy Dickinson:

   The more we have programs like those that give people an opportunity, the more were going to change the narrative, i think the solution is going to have to be bigger than that. I think its going to really rest on all of us to get involved in our communities to understand whats going on.

4. Bill McKibben:

   What we're playing for now as a movement is not to stop climate change — that's not on the menu. What we're playing for is can we stop it short of the place where it cuts off civilization at the knees? that's what the goal is now. It's not inspiring in a way that saying 'I have a dream' is inspiring. It's more like: 'let's see how tame we can keep this nightmare'.

5. Researcher Rebecca Flowers:

   We're left with a feature that looks similar across the world when, in fact, there may have been multiple great unconformities, plural, we may need to change our language if we want to think about the Great Unconformity as being more complicated, forming at different times in different locations and for different reasons.

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