Definition of
Change
- (noun, event) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
this storm is certainly a change for the worse
the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago - (noun, linkdef) a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- (noun, act) the action of changing something
his change on abortion cost him the election - (noun, phenomenon) the result of alteration or modification
there had been no change in the mountains - (noun, possession) the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- (noun, artifact) a thing that is different
- (noun, artifact) a different or fresh set of clothes
- (noun, possession) coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- (noun, possession) money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- (noun, attribute) a difference that is usually pleasant
it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic - (verb, change) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue - (verb, change) undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
The weather changed last night - (verb, change) become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season - (verb, change) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
She switched psychiatrists
The car changed lanes - (verb, change) change clothes; put on different clothes
- (verb, change) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
He changed his name
convert centimeters into inches
convert holdings into shares - (verb, possession) give to, and receive from, one another
We have been exchanging letters for a year - (verb, motion) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- (verb, change) become deeper in tone
Her voice deepened when she whispered the password - (verb, change) remove or replace the coverings of
After each guest we changed the bed linens
- (noun, event) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
via WordNet, Princeton University
Synonyms of Change
alter, alteration, commute, convert, deepen, exchange, interchange, modification, modify, shift, switch, transfer, variety, vary
Antonyms of Change
Alternate forms of Change
Hyponyms: about-face, accelerate, acceleration, accommodate, accustom, acerbate, acetylate, acetylise, acetylize, achromatise, achromatize, acquire, activate, adapt, add, adjust, adjustment, adopt, adorn, adulteration, aerate, affect, age, aggravate, alchemise, alchemize, alcoholise, alcoholize, alien, alienate, alkalinise, alkalinize, allegorise, allegorize, alter, alteration, alternate, amalgamate, ameliorate, amend, americanise, americanize, angulate, animalise, animalize, animate, animise, animize, antiquate, antique, archaise, archaize, arouse, arrange, arterialise, arterialize, ascend, ash, assibilate, assimilate, assume, automate, automatise, automatize, avianise, avianize, avulsion, awaken, barb, barbarise, barbarize, barter, bear on, bear upon, beautify, become flat, bedim, beef up, begrime, bemire, bestialise, bestialize, bestow, better, birth, blear, blind, blister, blot out, blunt, blur, boil, bolshevise, bolshevize, branch out, break, break down, break into, break up, breakup, brighten, bring, broaden, brutalise, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capacitate, capitalise, capitalize, capture, carbonate, caseate, cash, cash in, catch, catch on, cause to sleep, cave in, centralise, centralize, change, change by reversal, change form, change integrity, change intensity, change magnitude, change of direction, change of integrity, change of magnitude, change of shape, change of state, change over, change posture, change shape, change state, change surface, change taste, channel-surf, charge, chasten, check, chill, chord, chromosomal mutation, circularize, civilise, civilize, clarify, classicise, classicize, clean, clear, climb up, clinker, clot, cloud, coagulate, coarsen, cohere, collapse, collimate, colly, color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize, come, come around, come in, come round, commercialise, commercialize, commix, communisation, communise, communization, communize, commutation, commute, compensate, complexify, complicate, concentrate, concretise, concretize, condense, conform, confuse, conjugate, conk out, constitutionalise, constitutionalize, contaminate, contract, contribute, conventionalise, conventionalize, conversion, convert, cook, cool, cool down, cool off, correct, corrupt, counterchange, crack, crackle, crash, creolize, crumble, crush, cry, cure, customise, customize, cut, damage, darken, dawn, de-emphasise, de-emphasize, deactivate, deaden, deaminate, deaminize, death, debase, debauch, decalcify, decarboxylate, decay, decease, decelerate, deceleration, decentralise, decentralize, decimalisation, decimalise, decimalization, decimalize, deconcentrate, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deepen, defervesce, deflate, defog, deform, deformation, degauss, dehydrogenate, delay, demagnetise, demagnetize, demist, democratise, democratize, demonise, demonize, demoralise, demoralize, demotion, demulsify, demythologise, demythologize, denationalise, denationalize, denaturalise, denaturalize, denature, deodorise, deodorize, deodourise, deoxidise, deoxidize, depart, depersonalise, depersonalize, depolarisation, depolarise, depolarization, depolarize, deprave, depress, desalinate, desalinise, desalinize, desalt, desensitise, desensitize, destabilise, destabilization, destabilize, destress, detachment, detransitivise, detransitivize, devalue, develop, development, devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolize, die, difference, digest, digitalise, digitalize, digitise, digitize, dilapidate, dim, dinge, diphthongise, diphthongize, dirty, disable, disaffect, disarray, discolor, discolour, disenable, disharmonize, disintegrate, dismiss, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, dissonate, distil, distill, disturb, diversification, diversify, divide, dizzy, domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, dope, downshift, draw, dress, drift, drop, drop-off, dry, dry out, dull, dynamise, dynamize, ease off, ease up, easing, edit, edit out, effeminise, effeminize, elaborate, elevate, embellish, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, energise, energize, entail, envenom, equal, equalise, equalize, equate, eroticize, estrange, eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, etherealize, etherialise, etiolate, europeanise, europeanize, evaporate, even, even out, evolve, exacerbate, exasperate, exchange, excite, expand, experience, expiry, extend, exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize, fail, fall, fall for, fall in, fasten, fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fecundate, felt, felt up, feminise, feminize, fertilise, fertilize, fill, fill in, fill out, fill up, filtration, find, fix, flatten, flesh out, flip, flip out, flocculate, fluctuation, flux, fly, fold, fold up, form, format, fortify, foul, founder, freeze, frenchify, freshen, freshen up, frost over, full, gear up, gel, gelatinise, gelatinize, genetic mutation, get, get dressed, give, give out, give way, glamorise, glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glass, glass over, glaze, glaze over, glorify, go, go bad, go out, grace, gradate, gradient, grime, grow, gum, habituate, harden, harm, harmonise, harmonize, harshen, have, heat, heat up, hide, honeycomb, hue, humanise, humanize, humble, hush, hydrate, hydrogenate, hydrolyse, hydrolyze, ice over, ice up, immaterialise, immaterialize, immortalise, immortalize, impact, impairment, impart, improve, inactivate, incandesce, incapacitate, increase, incur, indispose, individualise, individualize, indurate, industrialise, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, inspissate, insulate, intensify, interchange, internationalise, internationalize, intransitivise, intransitivize, introject, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, ionise, ionize, islamise, islamize, isomerise, isomerize, jump, keratinise, keratinize, lace, laicise, laicize, land, launder, leap, leave, legitimate, lend, lessen, lessening, let out, let up, liberalise, liberalize, lifehack, lift, lighten, lighten up, liquefy, liquidise, liquidize, liquify, loose, loosen, loss of consciousness, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetise, magnetize, make, make clean, make full, make grow, mark, market, masculinise, masculinize, mat, mat up, match, matt-up, matte, matte up, mature, mechanise, mechanize, meliorate, mellow, mellow out, melt, merge, metamorphose, metrication, metrification, mildew, militarise, militarize, mince, mingle, minify, misdirect, mix, moderate, moderation, modernise, modernize, modification, modify, modulate, mold, morph, motility, motion, move, move up, movement, muddy, mutate, mutation, mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize, narrow, narrow down, nascence, nascency, nationalisation, nationalise, nationalization, nationalize, nativity, naturalise, naturalize, nazify, neutralise, neutralize, nick, normalise, normalize, obfuscate, objectify, obliterate, obnubilate, obscure, obsolesce, obtain, occidentalise, occidentalize, occult, officialise, officialize, opacify, opalise, opalize, opsonize, orientalise, orientalize, ornament, ossify, outmode, overcloud, overturn, oxidate, oxidise, oxidize, oxygenise, oxygenize, paganise, paganize, pall, parallel, part, pass, patent, perplex, personalise, personalize, pervert, piggyback, plasticise, plasticize, play, play out, plump, plump out, poison, polarise, polarize, policy change, politicise, politicize, port, prepare, pressurise, pressurize, prim, produce, profane, professionalise, professionalize, promote, promotion, proof, prostrate, pull up stakes, purge, purify, put, radiate, radicalize, raise, ramify, ransom, rarefy, rarify, rationalise, rationalize, ready, recede, receive, reclaim, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, rectify, redact, redeem, redo, redress, reduce, reduction, reestablish, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, regress, reinstate, rejuvenate, relax, relief, relocation, remodel, renormalise, renormalize, reorient, reorientation, replace, repress, restore, resume, retard, retardation, reticulate, reversal, reverse, revolution, revolutionise, revolutionize, right, ripen, rise, roll, roll up, rollover, romanticise, romanticize, round, round down, round off, round out, rouse, run, rusticate, salinate, sanctify, sanitise, sanitize, saponify, satisfaction, saturate, sauce, schematise, schematize, scintillation, scramble, secularisation, secularization, sell, sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, separate, separation, sequester, set, set aside, set up, settle, sex change, sex up, sexualise, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shear, shift, shimmer, shoal, shorten, simplification, simplify, slenderise, slenderize, slow down, slowing, smoothen, smut, sober, socialise, socialize, soften, soil, solarise, solarize, solemnise, solemnize, solvate, sparkling, specialise, specialize, speed, speed up, spice, spice up, spike, spiritualize, spot, sputter, stabilise, stabilize, stagnate, stain, stand in, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, straighten out, stratify, strengthen, string, sub, subdue, sublimate, sublimation, sublime, substitute, substitution, subtilize, suburbanise, suburbanize, subvert, suffuse, superannuate, supercharge, supple, surf, surprise, suspend, swap, sweeten, swing, switch, switching, swop, symmetrise, symmetrize, synchronise, synchronize, synthesize, take, take in, take on, take up, tame, temper, tender, tenderise, tenderize, tense, terminate, territorialise, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, touch on, trade, trade in, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transformation, transition, transitivise, transitivize, translate, transmutation, transmute, transpire, transpose, transubstantiate, turn, turn back, turn on, turning, twinkle, uglify, ulcerate, unclutter, undergo, undo, undulate, unfit, uniformise, uniformize, unify, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize, untie, untune, updating, urbanise, urbanize, utilize, vagary, validate, vaporise, variation, variegate, variegation, vascularise, vascularize, veil, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, virilise, virilize, visualise, visualize, vitalise, vitalize, vitiate, vitrify, vivify, void, volatilise, volatilize, volte-face, vulcanise, vulcanize, vulgarise, vulgarize, wake, wake up, waken, warm, warm up, weaken, weaponize, westernise, westernize, wet, widen, womanize, worsen, yield
Hypernyms: action, article of clothing, cash, change, clothing, coin, consequence, difference, dress, effect, event, get dressed, go, habiliment, happening, hard cash, hard currency, issue, locomote, move, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, outcome, relation, replace, result, thing, transfer, travel, upshot, vesture, wear, wearable
Origin of the word Change
- early 13c., from O.Fr. changier, from L.L. cambiare, from L. cambire "to exchange, barter," of Celtic origin, from PIE base *kamb- "to bend, crook." The financial sense of "balance returned when something is paid for" is first recorded 1620s. Phrase change of heart is from 1828. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Change
cacogenesis, cacogenic, cacogenics, cajanus, cake mix, camas, camash, camass, camassia, camise, camosh, camus, cananga, cangue, caning, canis, cannaceae, cannes, canonic, canonise, canonize, canuck, canyon oak, casey jones, casing, causing, cenozoic, cense, census, ch'ing, chain saw, chains, chainsaw, chamois, chance, chancy, chang, chang kuo, channukah, channukkah, chanukah, chanukkah, cheekiness, cheewink, chemic, chemise, chemosis, chen n. yang, chewing, chewink, chiang kai-shek, chiasmic, chiasmus, chickamauga, chicken hawk, chicken mousse, chicken wing, chicness, chin music, chin wag
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