change
/tʃˈeɪndʒ/
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Definitions
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"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
Noun
a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event; "he attributed the change to their marriage"
Noun
the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
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"
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"
Noun
a thing that is different; "he inspected several changes before selecting one"
Noun
a different or fresh set of clothes; "she brought a change in her overnight bag"
Noun
coins of small denomination regarded collectively; "he had a pocketful of change"
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"
Noun
a difference that is usually pleasant; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic"
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"
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"
Verb
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"; "The supermarket''s selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
Verb
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
Verb
change clothes; put on different clothes; "Change before you go to the opera"
Verb
exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
Verb
give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
Verb
change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"
Verb
become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
Verb
remove or replace the coverings of; "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens"
Synonyms
alter
alteration
commute
convert
deepen
exchange
interchange
modification
modify
shift
switch
transfer
variety
vary
More General Terms
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
More Specific Terms
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
deactivate
deaden
deaminate
deaminize
death
debase
debauch
decalcify
decarboxylate
decay
decease
decelerate
deceleration
decentralise
decentralize
decimalisation
decimalise
decimalization
decimalize
deconcentrate
decorate
decrease
decrepitate
de-emphasise
de-emphasize
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
matte
matte up
matt-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