1. alternate - verb
· go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
Synonym(s): jump
Hypernym(s): change, alter, vary
2. alternate - verb
· exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
Hypernym(s): exchange
3. alternate - verb
· be an understudy or alternate for a role
Synonym(s): understudy
Hypernym(s): memorize, memorise, con, learn
4. alternate - verb
· reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Synonym(s): interchange, tack, switch, flip, flip-flop
Hypernym(s): change_by_reversal, turn, reverse
5. alternate - verb
· do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"
Synonym(s): take_turns
6. alternating - adjective
· (of a current) reversing direction; "alternating current"
Antonym(s): direct
7. alternating - adjective
· occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate"
Synonym(s): alternate
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