1
[ adjective ] changed in form or character without becoming something else

Examples

"the altered policy promised success" "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization" "he looked… with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens

Related terms

unaltered revised changed paraphrastic emended adjusted

2
[ adjective ] having testicles or ovaries removed

Synonyms

neutered

Related terms

castrated

3
[ adjective ] changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

Synonyms

adapted

Examples

"seeds precisely adapted to the area" "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages"

Related terms

modified

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Rhymes with

unaltered watered tattered uttered lettered littered battered sheltered shattered shuttered flustered clustered plastered fostered bustard bastard tutored chartered cluttered custard scattered mustered mustard mastered spattered splattered unchartered petard uncluttered cloistered blistered fettered neutered splintered pestered centered stirred unfettered sequestered registered undeterred unregistered interred

Phonetic and Homophones

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Alter Aldred Alatorre Alderete Aldredge alder alternate altercate alterable Alldredge aliterate Altier Alteri Aldrete Aletris Altieri alterative alternator alliterate altering alder_tree alter_ego altar

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