Words Like ALTERATION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ALTERATION.

36 Alternative Words Similar to alteration

1 Change Noun      Synonym Words Like Change
2 Modification Noun      Synonym Words Like Modification
3 Happening Noun      Synonym Words Like Happening
4 Occurrence Noun      Synonym Words Like Occurrence
5 Occurrent Noun      Synonym Words Like Occurrent
6 Distraction Noun      Hyponym
7 Reorganization Noun      Hyponym
8 Misdirection Noun      Hyponym
9 Laxation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Laxation
10 Tune Noun      Hyponym Words Like Tune
11 Birth Noun      Hyponym Words Like Birth
12 Variation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Variation
13 Twinkle Noun      Hyponym Words Like Twinkle
14 Impairment Noun      Hyponym Words Like Impairment
15 Shimmer Noun      Hyponym Words Like Shimmer
16 Sublimation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Sublimation
17 Break Noun      Hyponym Words Like Break
18 Death Noun      Hyponym Words Like Death
19 Damage Noun      Hyponym Words Like Damage
20 Fluctuation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Fluctuation
21 Surprise Noun      Hyponym Words Like Surprise
22 Avulsion Noun      Hyponym Words Like Avulsion
24 Harm Noun      Hyponym Words Like Harm
25 Development Noun      Hyponym Words Like Development
26 Breakup Noun      Hyponym Words Like Breakup
27 Expiry Noun      Hyponym Words Like Expiry
28 Relief Noun      Hyponym Words Like Relief
29 Separation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Separation
30 Play Noun      Hyponym Words Like Play
31 Transition Noun      Hyponym Words Like Transition
32 Detachment Noun      Hyponym Words Like Detachment
33 Increase Noun      Hyponym Words Like Increase
34 Decease Noun      Hyponym Words Like Decease
35 Decrease Noun      Hyponym Words Like Decrease
36 Shift Noun      Hyponym Words Like Shift

2 examples of alteration

1 the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
2 this storm is certainly a change for the worse

10 definitions of alteration

1 The act of altering or making different.
2 The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
3 the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
4 the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
5 an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
6 The act or procedure of altering.
7 The condition resulting from altering; modification.
8 The act of altering; the making of any change; passage from one form or state to another.
9 A change effected; a change of form or state, especially one which does not affect the identity of the subject.
10 In mineralogy, the change by which one mineral substance is converted into another, either with or without change of chemical composition; as, for example, the change of the oxid of copper, cuprite, to the carbonate, malachite; or of brookite to rutile, both being forms of titanium dioxid. See paramorphism and pseudomorphism.
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