Antonyms for alter
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : awl-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔl tər |
Definition of alter
Origin :- late 14c., "to change (something)," from Old French alterer "change, alter," from Medieval Latin alterare "to change," from Latin alter "the other (of the two)," from PIE *al- "beyond" (see alias (adv.)) + comparative suffix -ter (cf. other). Intransitive sense "to become otherwise" first recorded 1580s. Related: Altered; altering.
- verb change
- verb sterilize animal
- This, I dare say, will make them alter their behaviour to you.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- To this he consents; but he has not courage to alter the family customs.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Christine might be right, but that did not alter things for him.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- They often say in their Gnomic aphorisms, ‘Even the Gods cannot alter the past.’
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- It was all in vain, he confesses; he could not alter the convictions of the Empress.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- To say that an officer is never, for any object, to alter his orders, is what I cannot comprehend.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- I cannot say that I am pleased with all I have written—yet will not now alter it.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- That she would so alter her affairs that I might be entangled in no lawsuits.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- "That is one of the habits I must alter in the children," thought Constance.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- However much you may try to explain it, you cannot alter it.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for alter
- adapt
- adjust
- amend
- caponize
- castrate
- change
- convert
- cook
- correct mid-course
- desexualize
- develop
- dial back
- diversify
- doctor
- emasculate
- fine tune
- fix
- geld
- make different
- metamorphose
- modify
- mutate
- mutilate
- neuter
- phony up
- recalibrate
- recast
- reconstruct
- refashion
- reform
- remodel
- renovate
- reshape
- revamp
- revise
- shift
- spay
- transform
- transmute
- turn
- unsex
- vary
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