alternate
VERBADJECTIVENOUN
/ɔltərnət/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
alternate is a valid 9-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1L1T1E1R1N1A1T1E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING
What does alternate mean?
VERB · 5 SENSES
1
Be an understudy or alternate for a role.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).
SYNONYMS
BROADER
3
Do something in turns.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
4
Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
RELATED
5
Exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions.
BROADER
NARROWER
ADJECTIVE · 4 SENSES
1
Of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired.
“stems with alternate leaves”
ANTONYMS
2
Serving or used in place of another.
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
3
Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
4
Every second one of a series.
“the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays”
SIMILAR
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
Someone who takes the place of another person.
SYNONYMS
BROADER