Antonyms for switch

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : swich

Phonetic Transcription : swɪtʃ

Definition of switch

Origin : 1590s, "slender riding whip," probably from a Flemish or Low German word akin to Hanoverian swutsche, a variant of Low German zwukse "long thin stick, switch," from Germanic base *swih- (cf. Old High German zwec "wooden peg," German Zweck "aim, design," originally "peg as a target," Zwick "wooden peg"), perhaps connected with PIE root *swei- "to swing, bend, to turn."
The meaning "device for changing the direction of something or making or breaking a connection" is first recorded 1797. "The peg sense suits the mech(anical) applications" [Weekley], and these senses may be a direct borrowing from those senses in Continental Germanic languages rather than a continuation of the "pliant wand" sense. The meaning "a change, a reversal, an exchange, a substitution" is first recorded 1920.

noun change, exchange
verb change, exchange

Example sentences :

Caradoc reached for it, followed it with his hand and presently turned a switch.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

Then, when he was satisfied that everything was ready, he reversed the switch.
Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner

As he pulled out the switch, the aeronaut gave a glance at the apparatus.
Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton

Governor Drake sprang to switch it on, and tried to explain to Smithy as he did so.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

Then, as abruptly as light goes on when a switch is thrown, the noise vanished.
Extract from : « Happy Ending » by Fredric Brown

Sutter was about to switch on the set when the door buzzer sounded.
Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi

Each of the Russians closed a switch on the knapsack which he wore.
Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek

Then, as if trying to switch of his mood, she changes the subject abruptly.
Extract from : « The Eldest Son (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

The locks open automatically and let the car into the ocean when it strikes the switch.
Extract from : « The Heads of Apex » by Francis Flagg

Start — When this switch is operated, the computer will start.
Extract from : « Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) » by Digital Equipment Corporation

Synonyms for switch

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