Change

Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

Synonyms

Alter

Modify

Has types

Clot

Externalise

Externalize

Fasten

Fat

Fatten

Fatten out

Fatten up

Fecundate

Feminise

Feminize

Fertilise

Fertilize

Fill

Fill out

Fill up

Fix

Flatten

Flesh out

Flocculate

Form

Fortify

Freeze

Frenchify

Freshen

Full

Gear up

Gelatinise

Gelatinize

Get

Glamorise

Glamorize

Glamourise

Glamourize

Glorify

Grace

Grime

Habituate

Harmonise

Harmonize

Harshen

Heat

Heat up

Hide

Hue

Humanise

Humanize

Humble

Hydrogenate

Immaterialise

Immaterialize

Immortalise

Immortalize

Impact

Impart

Improve

Inactivate

Incandesce

Incapacitate

Increase

Indispose

Individualise

Individualize

Industrialise

Industrialize

Inflate

Inform

Inseminate

Inspissate

Insulate

Intensify

Interchange

Internationalise

Internationalize

Intransitivise

Intransitivize

Introvert

Invalidate

Invert

Iodinate

Ionate

Islamise

Islamize

Isomerise

Isomerize

Lace

Laicise

Laicize

Land

Legitimate

Lend

Lessen

Let up

Liberalise

Liberalize

Lifehack

Lift

Lighten

Lighten up

Liquefy

Liquidise

Liquidize

Liquify

Loose

Loosen

Louden

Lower

Lubricate

Magnetise

Magnetize

Make

Make clean

Make full

Make grow

Mark

Market

Masculinise

Masculinize

Match

Mature

Mechanise

Mechanize

Meliorate

Merge

Militarise

Militarize

Mince

Mingle

Minify

Misdirect

Mix

Moderate

Morph

Muddy

Mythicise

Mythicize

Mythologise

Mythologize

Nationalise

Nationalize

Naturalise

Naturalize

Nazify

Neutralise

Neutralize

Nick

Normalise

Normalize

Obfuscate

Objectify

Obliterate

Obnubilate

Obscure

Occidentalise

Occidentalize

Officialise

Officialize

Opacify

Opalise

Opalize

Opsonize

Orientalise

Orientalize

Ornament

Ossify

Outmode

Overcloud

Overturn

Oxidate

Oxidise

Oxidize

Oxygenise

Oxygenize

Paganise

Paganize

Pall

Parallel

Patent

Perplex

Personalise

Personalize

Pervert

Piggyback

Plasticise

Plasticize

Plump

Plump out

Poison

Polarise

Polarize

Politicise

Politicize

Port

Prepare

Pressurise

Pressurize

Profane

Professionalise

Professionalize

Proof

Prostrate

Purge

Purify

Put

Radicalize

Raise

Rarefy

Rarify

Rationalise

Rationalize

Ready

Reclaim

Recombine

Recommend

Reconstruct

Rectify

Redact

Redo

Redress

Reestablish

Refine

Reflate

Reform

Refresh

Refreshen

Regenerate

Reinstate

Relax

Remodel

Renormalise

Renormalize

Replace

Restore

Retard

Reverse

Revolutionise

Revolutionize

Right

Ripen

Romanticise

Romanticize

Round

Round down

Round off

Round out

Rouse

Rusticate

Sanctify

Sanitise

Sanitize

Saponify

Saturate

Sauce

Schematise

Schematize

Scramble

Sensibilise

Sensibilize

Sensify

Sensitise

Sensitize

Sentimentalise

Sentimentalize

Set

Set aside

Set up

Sex up

Sexualise

Sexualize

Shade

Shake

Shallow

Shape

Sharpen

Shift

Shoal

Shorten

Simplify

Slenderise

Slenderize

Slow down

Smut

Sober

Socialise

Socialize

Soften

Soil

Solemnise

Solemnize

Solvate

Speed

Speed up

Spice

Spice up

Spike

Spiritualize

Sputter

Stabilise

Stabilize

Stain

Steepen

Stiffen

Still

Straighten

Straighten out

Strengthen

String

Subdue

Sublimate

Substitute

Subtilize

Suburbanise

Suburbanize

Subvert

Suspend

Supercharge

Supple

Sweeten

Switch

Symmetrise

Symmetrize

Synchronise

Synchronize

Tame

Temper

Tender

Tenderise

Tenderize

Tense

Terminate

Territorialise

Territorialize

Thicken

Think

Tighten

Tone down

Touch

Touch on

Transaminate

Transfigure

Transform

Transitivise

Transitivize

Translate

Transmute

Transpose

Transubstantiate

Turn

Turn back

Uglify

Unclutter

Undo

Unfit

Uniformise

Uniformize

Unify

Unite

Unsanctify

Unscramble

Unsex

Unsubstantialise

Unsubstantialize

Untie

Untune

Urbanise

Urbanize

Validate

Vaporise

Variegate

Vascularise

Vascularize

Veil

Ventilate

Verbify

Vesiculate

Virilise

Virilize

Visualise

Visualize

Vitalise

Vitalize

Vitiate

Vitrify

Vivify

Void

Volatilise

Volatilize

Vulgarise

Vulgarize

Wake

Wake up

Waken

Warm

Weaken

Weaponize

Westernise

Westernize

Wet

Widen

Womanize

Worsen

Accelerate

Accustom

Acerbate

Acetylate

Acetylise

Acetylize

Achromatise

Achromatize

Activate

Add

Adjust

Adorn

Aerate

Affect

Age

Aggravate

Alchemise

Alchemize

Alcoholise

Alcoholize

Alienate

Alkalinise

Alkalinize

Allegorise

Allegorize

Alter

Amalgamate

Ameliorate

Amend

Americanise

Americanize

Angulate

Animalise

Animalize

Animate

Animise

Animize

Antiquate

Antique

Archaise

Archaize

Arouse

Arterialise

Arterialize

Ash

Assimilate

Automate

Automatise

Automatize

Awaken

Barb

Barbarise

Barbarize

Bear on

Bear upon

Beautify

Bedim

Beef up

Begrime

Bemire

Bestialise

Bestialize

Bestow

Better

Blear

Blind

Blister

Blot out

Blunt

Blur

Boil

Bolshevise

Bolshevize

Break

Break down

Break up

Brighten

Bring

Brutalise

Brutalize

Bubble

Calcify

Camp

Capture

Cause to sleep

Centralise

Centralize

Change intensity

Change over

Change taste

Charge

Chasten

Check

Chill

Chord

Circularize

Civilise

Civilize

Clarify

Classicise

Classicize

Clean

Clear

Cloud

Coagulate

Coarsen

Cohere

Collimate

Colly

Color

Color in

Colorise

Colorize

Colour

Colour in

Colourise

Colourize

Commercialise

Commercialize

Commix

Communise

Communize

Commute

Compensate

Complicate

Concentrate

Condense

Confuse

Constitutionalise

Constitutionalize

Contaminate

Contract

Contribute

Conventionalise

Conventionalize

Convert

Cook

Cool

Cool down

Correct

Corrupt

Counterchange

Crack

Crush

Cry

Customise

Customize

Cut

Damage

Darken

De-emphasise

De-emphasize

Deactivate

Deaden

Deaminate

Deaminize

Debase

Debauch

Decarboxylate

Decelerate

Decentralise

Decentralize

Decimalise

Decimalize

Deconcentrate

Decorate

Decrease

Decrepitate

Deflate

Defog

Deform

Degauss

Dehydrogenate

Delay

Demagnetise

Demagnetize

Demist

Democratise

Democratize

Demonise

Demonize

Demoralise

Demoralize

Demulsify

Demythologise

Demythologize

Denationalise

Denationalize

Denaturalise

Denaturalize

Denature

Deodorise

Deodorize

Deodourise

Depersonalise

Depersonalize

Depolarise

Depolarize

Deprave

Depress

Desensitise

Desensitize

Destabilise

Destabilize

Destress

Detransitivise

Detransitivize

Devalue

Develop

Devilise

Devilize

Diabolise

Diabolize

Digitalise

Digitalize

Digitise

Digitize

Dinge

Dirty

Disable

Disaffect

Disarray

Discolor

Disenable

Disharmonize

Disintegrate

Dismiss

Disorder

Disqualify

Dissimilate

Dissolve

Dissonate

Disturb

Diversify

Dizzy

Domesticate

Domesticise

Domesticize

Dope

Draw

Drop

Dry

Dry out

Dull

Dynamise

Dynamize

Ease off

Ease up

Edit

Edit out

Effeminise

Effeminize

Elaborate

Elevate

Embellish

Embrittle

Empty

Emulsify

Enable

End

Energise

Energize

Envenom

Equal

Equalise

Equalize

Equate

Eroticize

Estrange

Eternalise

Eternalize

Eternise

Eternize

Etherealize

Etherialise

Etiolate

Europeanise

Europeanize

Evaporate

Even

Even out

Exacerbate

Exasperate

Exchange

Excite

Expand

Extend

Exteriorise

Exteriorize

Derivation

Changer

Examples

The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue

Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

Type of

Replace

Verb group

Switch

Shift

Examples

He changed his name

An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

Give to, and receive from, one another

Become deeper in tone

Synonyms

Deepen

Examples

His voice began to change when he was 12 years old

Change from one vehicle or transportation line to another

Synonyms

Transfer

Examples

She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast

A difference that is usually pleasant

Synonyms

Variety

Type of

Difference

Examples

It is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic

A different or fresh set of clothes

Examples

She brought a change in her overnight bag

A relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event

Type of

Relation

Examples

He attributed the change to their marriage

A thing that is different

Type of

Thing

Examples

He inspected several changes before selecting one

Change clothes; put on different clothes

Verb group

Switch

Shift

Coins of small denomination regarded collectively

Type of

Coin

Examples

He had a pocketful of change

Money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency

Examples

He got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver

Remove or replace the coverings of

Type of

Replace

Examples

Father had to learn how to change the baby

After each guest we changed the bed linens

The action of changing something

The balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due

Examples

I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change

The result of alteration or modification

Examples

There were marked changes in the lining of the lungs

There had been no change in the mountains

Undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

Has types

Narrow

Find

Check

Ulcerate

Flip

Flip out

Flocculate

Regenerate

Fly

Fold

Fold up

Regress

Climb up

Clinker

Form

Format

Rejuvenate

Foul

Collapse

Founder

Transform

Relax

Color

Freshen

Vascularise

Freshen up

Frost over

Colour

Undergo

Soften

Gel

Come

Come around

Come in

Come round

Gelatinise

Reorient

Gelatinize

Get

Commute

Normalise

Complexify

Get dressed

Get used to

Give

Concretise

Concretize

Give out

Give way

Conjugate

Conk out

Normalize

Contract

Repress

Glass

Glass over

Glaze

Convert

Glaze over

Solarise

Resume

Cool

Go

Cool down

Cool off

Go bad

Go out

Solarize

Crack

Gradate

Crash

Creolize

Crumble

Reticulate

Grow

Cure

Gum

Damage

Darken

Reverse

Dawn

Harden

Synthesize

Take

Deaden

Obsolesce

Have

Obtain

Decalcify

Decarboxylate

Decay

Occult

Take on

Rise

Hush

Hydrate

Opacify

Hydrolyse

Decrepitate

Hydrolyze

Deepen

Defervesce

Ice over

Ice up

Deform

Roll

Roll up

Take up

Undulate

Vascularize

Democratise

Warm up

Democratize

Spot

Incandesce

Oxidate

Incur

Run

Stabilise

Oxidise

Indurate

Industrialise

Oxidize

Industrialize

Salinate

Transmute

Yield

Deoxidise

Deoxidize

Depart

Stabilize

Saponify

Pall

Stagnate

Vulcanise

Desalinate

Desalinise

Desalinize

Desalt

Part

Pass

Introject

Destabilise

Steepen

Destabilize

Transpire

Stiffen

Vesiculate

Ionise

Develop

Ionize

Plasticise

Transpose

Plasticize

Isomerise

Die

Digest

Isomerize

Jump

Dilapidate

Dim

Keratinise

Keratinize

Play out

Vulcanize

Stratify

Discolor

Discolour

Leave

Strengthen

Tighten

Dissimilate

Turn

Liberalise

Distil

Distill

Separate

Liberalize

Acetylate

Divide

Acetylise

Sequester

Acetylize

Sublimate

Prim

Lighten

Acquire

Produce

Lighten up

Dress

Drift

Sublime

Adopt

Drop

Professionalise

Dry

Dry out

Professionalize

Dull

Promote

Alkalinise

Warm

Alkalinize

Loosen

Settle

Pull up stakes

Suburbanise

Purify

Suburbanize

Americanise

Americanize

Shade

Make

Animalise

Ramify

Animalize

Suffuse

Shallow

Vaporise

Superannuate

Transaminate

Recede

Mat

Arrange

Mat up

Receive

Ascend

Matt-up

Assibilate

Matte

Assimilate

Assume

Matte up

Mature

Shear

Recombine

Shift

Barbarise

Barbarize

Mellow

Mellow out

Melt

Become flat

Metamorphose

Evaporate

Mildew

Evolve

Turn on

Shoal

Reduce

Experience

Vitrify

Swing

Modernise

Boil

Modernize

Fail

Fall

Break

Fall for

Break down

Break into

Fall in

Modify

Mold

Reflate

Brutalise

Brutalize

Move

Calcify

Felt

Felt up

Capacitate

Feminise

Carbonate

Caseate

Catch

Catch on

Move up

Cave in

Feminize

Change by reversal

Change form

Change integrity

Mutate

Change magnitude

Refresh

Change posture

Change shape

Change state

Change surface

Smoothen

Refreshen

Antonyms

Stay

Examples

She changed completely as she grew older

The weather changed last night