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 Alternates 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
10
Words with Friends
12
The word Alternate is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 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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