Definition of Alternate

Noun

• someone who takes the place of another person
  surrogate replacement

Verb

• do something in turns
  "We take turns on the night shift"
  - take turns
• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
  interchange tack switch flip - flip flop
• be an understudy or alternate for a role
  understudy
• exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
  
• go back and forth
  swing back and forth between two states or conditions
  jump

Adjective

• 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"
  
• occurring by turns
  first one and then the other
  "alternating feelings of love and hate"
  alternating
• serving or used in place of another
  "an alternative plan"
  alternative substitute
• every second one of a series
  "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"
  "jam every other day"- the White Queen
  

Word games points for the Alternate

• Scrabble® score of the alternate (9)
• Word Chums® score of the alternate (11)
• Words With Friends® score of the alternate (11)

Unscramble alternate

259 unscramble word found using the letters alternate.

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