Definitions For Alternate
noun
- Someone who takes the place of another person
- Someone who is chosen to take another person's place if that person is not able to be present or to do a required job
verb
- Do something in turns
- Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- Be an understudy or alternate for a role
- Exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- To place or do (different things) so that one follows the other in a repeated series
adjective
- Occurring by turns; first one and then the other
- Every second one of a series
- Serving or used in place of another
adjective
- Of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
Is Alternate a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
11
The word Alternate is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Alternate in a Sentence
- Alternate shades of wood formed a pattern around the window.
- We took an alternate route because of the traffic.
- Due to an emergency, the plane landed at an alternate airport.
- The poem alternates fear and hope.
- The light and dark woods alternate to form an elegant pattern around the window.
- The town has elected five councilors and two alternates.
Synonyms for Alternate
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