change
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(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" |
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Related Words: Americanize, acetylate, acetylize, acquire, adapt, adjust, adopt, arrange, assibilate, assimilate, assume, become flat, break, break down, break into, brighten, brutalise, brutalize, capacitate, caseate, catch, catch on, cave in, change by reversal, change form, change integrity, change magnitude, change orientation, change posture, change shape, change state, change surface, check, climb up, clinker, collapse, colour, come, come in, commute, concretize, conform, conk out, contract, convert, cool, cool down, cool off, crack, darken, dawn, deaden, decay, decrepitate, deform, democratize, deoxidise, deoxidize, depart, desalinate, desalinize, desalt, destabilize, develop, die, dim, discolor, discolour, dissimilate, distil, distill, divide, dress, drop, dry, dry out, dull, evolve, experience, fail, fall, fall for, fall in, felt, felt up, find, fly, fold, fold up, format, foul, founder, freshen, freshen up, frost over, gelatinize, get, get dressed, give, give out, give way, glass, glass over, glaze, glaze over, go, go out, grow, harden, have, hush, hydrolyse, hydrolyze, ice over, ice up, incur, introject, jump, leave, lighten, lighten up, make, mat, mat up, mildew, modify, mold, move, move up, mutate, narrow, obtain, occult, orient, oxidise, oxidize, pall, part, pass, prim, produce, receive, recombine, reduce, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, regress, reorient, resume, reticulate, reverse, rise, run, salinate, separate, shallow, shift, shoal, smoothen, soften, sop, spot, stabilize, steepen, stiffen, sublimate, sublime, suburbanize, suffuse, superannuate, swing, take, take on, take up, tighten, transform, transmute, transpire, transpose, turn, turn on, turn upon, ulcerate, vitrify, vulcanize, warm, warm up, yield |
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Antonyms: leave, stay |
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(verb) make or 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"; "Prices vary according to the season" |
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Synonyms: alter, vary |
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Related Words: accommodate, adapt, alternate, avianise, avianize, branch out, break, broaden, crackle, diversify, honeycomb, jump, let out, modulate, move, narrow, narrow down, specialize, take in, widen |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: alter |
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Related Words: Americanize, Europeanize, Frenchify, Nazify, accent, accentuate, accustom, acerbate, acetylate, acetylize, achromatise, achromatize, activate, add, adorn, adulterate, aerate, affect, age, aggravate, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, amalgamate, ameliorate, amend, anglicise, anglicize, animate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arouse, arterialise, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarise, barbarize, bear on, bear upon, beautify, bedim, beef up, begrime, bemire, bestialise, bestialize, bestow, better, blear, blind, blot out, blunt, blur, boil, bolshevise, bolshevize, break, break down, break up, brighten, bring, bring out, brutalise, brutalize, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, cease, centralize, change intensity, change over, change taste, chasten, check, chill, chord, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, cleanse, clear, close, coarsen, collimate, colly, color, commercialize, commix, communize, commute, compensate, complicate, concentrate, condense, confuse, contaminate, contract, contribute, conventionalise, conventionalize, convert, cool, cool down, correct, corrupt, counterchange, crack, crush, cry, customise, customize, cut, damage, darken, deactivate, deaden, debase, debauch, decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deemphasize, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demist, democratize, demonize, demoralize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, denazify, deodorize, depersonalize, deprave, depress, desensitize, destabilize, destress, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, diabolize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, disarray, discolor, disenable, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, disturb, diversify, dizzy, doctor, doctor up, dope, draw, drop, dry, dry out, dull, dynamize, edit, edit out, elaborate, elevate, embellish, emphasize, empty, emulsify, enable, end, energize, envenom, eternalize, eternize, etherealize, etiolate, even, even out, exacerbate, exasperate, excecate, exchange, excite, expand, extend, exteriorize, externalise, externalize, familiarise, familiarize, fasten, fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fertilize, fill, fill out, fill up, flatten, flesh out, form, fortify, freeze, freshen, full, gear up, gelatinize, get, glamorize, glamourise, glorify, grace, grime, habituate, harden, harmonize, harshen, heat, heat up, hide, hue, humanise, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, impact, impart, improve, inactivate, incapacitate, increase, indispose, individualise, individualize, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, interchange, internationalise, internationalize, intransitivize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, lace, laicize, land, lend, lessen, liberalize, lift, lighten, lighten up, liquefy, liquidise, liquidize, liquify, loose, loosen, lower, magnetize, make, make clean, make full, make grow, make possible, mark, market, mechanize, meliorate, merge, militarize, mince, mingle, minify, misdirect, mix, moderate, modernize, morph, muddy, mutate, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obliterate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opalize, orientalize, ornament, outmode, overcloud, overturn, oxidise, oxidize, oxigenise, oxygenize, pall, parallel, perplex, personalize, pervert, plump, plump out, poison, polarize, politicize, prepare, pressurize, profane, proof, prostrate, put, raise, rarefy, rarify, ready, recombine, reconstruct, redact, redo, redress, reduce, reestablish, refine, refresh, refreshen, reinstate, remodel, renew, renormalize, restore, retard, reverse, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round, round down, round off, round out, rouse, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, scramble, sensibilize, sensify, sensitize, set, set aside, set off, set up, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shoal, shorten, simplify, slenderize, sober, socialize, soften, soil, solvate, sophisticate, spice, spice up, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, straighten, straighten out, strengthen, stress, string, subdue, sublimate, subtilize, suburbanize, supercharge, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, temper, tender, tenderize, tense, terminate, thicken, think, tighten, touch, touch on, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn around, uglify, unclutter, unfit, uniformize, unify, unite, unscramble, unsex, unsubstantialize, urbanize, validate, verbify, vitiate, vitrify, void, volatilize, wake up, waken, warm, weaken, westernize, wet, widen, worsen, zest |
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Antonyms: leave |
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(verb) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?" "He changed his name" |
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Synonyms: commute, convert, exchange |
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Related Words: break, capitalize, launder, replace |
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(verb) remove or replace the coverings of; "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens" |
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Related Words: replace |
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(verb) change clothes; put on different clothes; "Change before you go to the opera" |
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Related Words: dress, get dressed |
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(noun) the act of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
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Related Words: about-face, action, adjustment, alteration, change of direction, change of integrity, change of magnitude, change of shape, change of state, conversion, decimalisation, decimalization, demotion, diversification, exchange, flux, metrication, metrification, modification, motion, move, movement, policy change, promotion, reduction, reversal, shift, simplification, substitution, switch, switching, turning, updating, volte-face |
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(noun) a different or fresh set of clothes; "she brought a change in her overnight bag" |
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Related Words: apparel, clothes, clothing, vesture, wear, wearing apparel |
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(noun) a thing that is different; "he inspected several changes before selecting one" |
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Related Words: thing |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: alteration, modification |
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Related Words: birth, breakup, damage, death, decease, decrease, deformation, detachment, development, drop-off, easing, fluctuation, happening, harm, impairment, increase, lessening, loss of consciousness, moderation, nascence, nascency, nativity, natural event, occurrence, play, relief, revolution, scintillation, separation, shift, shimmer, sparkling, sublimation, surprise, transformation, transition, transmutation, twinkle, variation |
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(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" |
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Related Words: consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
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(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" |
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Related Words: cash |
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(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" |
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Related Words: cash |
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(noun) coins of small denomination regarded collectively; "he had a pocketful of change" |
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Related Words: coin |
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(noun) a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event: "he attributed the change to their marriage" |
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Related Words: difference, gradient, relation |
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(verb) become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old" |
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Synonyms: deepen |
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(verb) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" |
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Synonyms: transfer |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?" "We have been exchanging letters for a year" |
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Synonyms: exchange, interchange |
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Related Words: bargain, barter, cash, cash in, fill in, ransom, redeem, replace, sell, stand in, sub, substitute, swap, switch, swop, trade, trade in, transfer |
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(noun) a difference that is usually pleasant; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic" |
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Synonyms: variety |
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Related Words: difference |
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(verb) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
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Synonyms: shift, switch |
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Related Words: break, channel-surf, cut, diphthongize, jump, leap, surf |
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