Word Meanings - ALTERNATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Mason. Alternation of generation. See under Generation. (more info) 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being
Additional info about word: ALTERNATION
Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Mason. Alternation of generation. See under Generation. (more info) 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ALTERNATION)
- Turn
- Revolution
- rotation
- recurrence
- change
- alteration
- vicissitude
- winding
- bend
- deflection
- curve
- alternation
- opportunity
- occasion
- time
- deed
- office
- act
- treatment
- purpose
- requirement
- convenience
- talent
- gift
- tendency
- character
- exigence
- crisis
- form
- cast
- shape
- manner
- mold
- fashion
- cut
- Vicissitude
- Change
- interchange
- revolution
- mutation
- ups and downs
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ALTERNATION)
- Conserve
- retain
- stabilitate
- fix
- clinch
- stand
- endure
- last
- hold
- Straighten
- unbend
- rectilineate
- Chance
- risk
- hazard
- revoke
- Miscalculate
- venture
- stake
- Pervert
- distort
- misadapt
- misdelineate
- derange
- discompose
- misconstrue
- misproduce
- caricature
Related words: (words related to ALTERNATION)
- TREATMENT
1. The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment. 2. Entertainment; treat. Accept such treatment as a swain affords. Pope. - WINDFLOWER
The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone. - CHARACTERISTIC
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay. - WIND-RODE
Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Totten. - WINDINGLY
In a winding manner. - CHANCELLERY
Chancellorship. Gower. - HAZARDIZE
A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser. - CONVENIENCE; CONVENIENCY
1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak. With all brief and plain conveniency, - WINDTIGHT
So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall. - DERANGER
One who deranges. - DERANGEMENT
The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity; - REVOKER
One who revokes. - WINDLACE
See SCOTT - CHARACTER
1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; - PURPOSELESS
Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n. - WIND-SHAKEN
Shaken by the wind; specif. , - TALENT
tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure. See Thole, v. t., 1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minæ or 6,000 drachmæ. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination - ALTERNATION
Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Mason. Alternation of generation. See under Generation. (more info) 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being - VENTURESOME
Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n. - WINDBORE
The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine. Ansted. - DISVENTURE
A disadventure. Shelton. - POST OFFICE
See POST - SPINDLE-SHAPED
Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle. - TRANSMUTATIONIST
One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species. - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - BROKEN WIND
The heaves. - THICK WIND
A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema. - DIAMOND-SHAPED
Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.