Thesaurus:alternate

Thesaurus

alternate

English

Verb

Sense: to vary by turns

Synonyms

• alternate
• interchange

Hyponyms

• interline
• oscillate
• pulsate
• seesaw
• stagger
• take it in turns
• take turns
• toggle
• yo-yo
•   —
• counterchange
• checker
• freck (rare, poetic)

Hypernyms

• mix    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sequence    [⇒ thesaurus]
• switch    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• every second (adjective)
• every other (adjective)

Further reading

• “63. sequence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “alternate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.