alter

1. Cause to change;
   Make different;
   Cause a transformation (synset 200126072)
   "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
   causes: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   subtypes:

   • arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken - cause to become awake or conscious
   • cause to sleep - make fall asleep
   • affect - act physically on; have an effect upon
   • freshen, refresh, refreshen - make fresh again
   • fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate - introduce semen into (a female)
   • indispose - cause to feel unwell
   • cry - bring into a particular state by crying
   • etiolate - make pale or sickly
   • shade - vary slightly
   • animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize - make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
   • convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something
   • opalise, opalize - make opalescent
   • arterialise, arterialize - change venous blood into arterial blood
   • get, make - give certain properties to something
   • counterchange, interchange, transpose - cause to change places
   • vascularise, vascularize - make vascular
   • decrepitate - to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
   • suburbanise, suburbanize - make suburban in character
   • overturn, revolutionise, revolutionize - change radically
   • etiolate - bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
   • barbarise, barbarize - make crude or savage in behavior or speech
   • alkalinise, alkalinize - make (a substance) alkaline
   • mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize - make into a myth
   • allegorise, allegorize - make into an allegory
   • demythologise, demythologize - remove the mythical element from (writings)
   • bring, land - bring into a different state
   • coarsen - make less subtle or refined
   • affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on - have an effect upon
   • alchemise, alchemize - alter (elements) by alchemy
   • alcoholise, alcoholize - make alcoholic, as by fermenting
   • form, shape - give shape or form to
   • round, round down, round off, round out - express as a round number
   • suspend - cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
   • sober - cause to become sober
   • reconstruct - cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
   • increase - make bigger or more
   • ease off, ease up, let up - reduce pressure or intensity
   • assimilate - make similar
   • dissimilate - make dissimilar; cause to become less similar
   • commute, convert, exchange - exchange a penalty for a less severe one
   • vitalise, vitalize - give life to
   • clear, unclutter - rid of obstructions
   • activate - make active or more active
   • activate - make (substances) radioactive
   • activate, aerate - aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
   • activate - make more adsorptive
   • deactivate, inactivate - make inactive
   • blunt, deaden - make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
   • reconstruct, redo, remodel - do over, as of (part of) a house
   • edit, redact - prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
   • cut, edit, edit out - cut and assemble the components of
   • chasten, subdue, tame - correct by punishment or discipline
   • chasten, temper - change by restraining or moderating
   • ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate - to make better
   • aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen - make worse
   • wet - cause to become wet
   • dry, dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry
   • lubricate - make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant
   • beef up, fortify, strengthen - make strong or stronger
   • fortify, lace, spike - add alcohol to (beverages)
   • weaken - lessen the strength of
   • blunt - make less sharp
   • oxidate, oxidise, oxidize - add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
   • merge, unify, unite - join or combine
   • age - make older
   • mature, ripen - cause to ripen or develop fully
   • antiquate, antique - give an antique appearance to
   • antiquate - make obsolete or old-fashioned
   • develop, make grow - cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
   • soften - make soft or softer
   • damage - inflict damage upon
   • ossify - cause to become hard and bony
   • acerbate - make sour or bitter
   • stabilise, stabilize - make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
   • destabilise, destabilize - make unstable
   • sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize - make sensitive or aware
   • desensitise, desensitize - make insensitive
   • accustom, habituate - make psychologically or physically used (to something)
   • disarray, disorder - bring disorder to
   • discolor - cause to lose or change color
   • color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize - add color to
   • stain - produce or leave stains
   • hue - take on color or become colored
   • uglify - make ugly
   • untune - cause to be out of tune
   • adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
   • set - put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
   • disqualify, indispose, unfit - make unfit or unsuitable
   • domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
   • widen - make wider
   • dehydrogenate - remove hydrogen from
   • hydrogenate - combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)
   • oxygenise, oxygenize - change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)
   • darken - make dark or darker
   • brighten, lighten, lighten up - make more cheerful through the use of color
   • blear, blur - make dim or indistinct
   • bedim, obscure, overcloud - make obscure or unclear
   • blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
   • cook - transform by heating
   • slenderise, slenderize - make slender or appear to be slender
   • crack - cause to become cracked
   • dismiss, dissolve - declare void
   • end, terminate - bring to an end or halt
   • defog, demist - free from mist
   • concentrate, condense, contract - compress or concentrate
   • chill, cool, cool down - make cool or cooler
   • heat, heat up - make hot or hotter
   • warm - make warm or warmer
   • boil - bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
   • freeze - cause to freeze
   • blister - cause blisters to form on
   • change over, shift, switch - make a shift in or exchange of
   • transpose - change key
   • change over, convert - change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
   • transform - increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
   • transform - change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
   • transform - convert (one form of energy) to another
   • transmute - alter the nature of (elements)
   • transform, transmute, transubstantiate - change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
   • ash - convert into ashes
   • transform, translate - change from one form or medium into another
   • reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate - bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
   • convert - cause to adopt a new or different faith
   • islamise, islamize - cause to conform to Islamic law
   • invert, reverse, turn back - turn inside out or upside down
   • invert - make an inversion (in a musical composition)
   • customise, customize - make according to requirements
   • individualise, individualize, personalise, personalize - make personal or more personal
   • depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify - make impersonal or present as an object
   • sharpen - raise the pitch of (musical notes)
   • drop, flatten - lower the pitch of (musical notes)
   • disintegrate - cause to undergo fission or lose particles
   • magnetise, magnetize - make magnetic
   • degauss, demagnetise, demagnetize - make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
   • simplify - make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
   • complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine - make more complex, intricate, or richer
   • refine - make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
   • complicate, perplex - make more complicated
   • pressurise, pressurize, supercharge - increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
   • centralise, centralize, concentrate - make central
   • decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate - make less central
   • socialise, socialize - make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies
   • fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
   • internationalise, internationalize - make international in character
   • bolshevise, bolshevize, communise, communize - make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles
   • europeanise, europeanize - make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas
   • europeanise, europeanize - denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations
   • bestialise, bestialize - make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to
   • americanise, americanize - make American in character
   • frenchify - make French in appearance or character
   • civilise, civilize - raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
   • nationalise, nationalize - put under state control or ownership
   • denationalise, denationalize - put under private control or ownership
   • naturalise, naturalize - make into a citizen
   • denaturalise, denaturalize - strip of the rights and duties of citizenship
   • naturalise, naturalize - make more natural or lifelike
   • denaturalise, denaturalize - make less natural or unnatural
   • even, even out - become even or more even
   • equal, equalise, equalize, equate, match - make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
   • stiffen - make stiff or stiffer
   • loose, loosen - make loose or looser
   • fasten, tighten - make tight or tighter
   • transitivise, transitivize - make transitive
   • detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise, intransitivize - intransitivize
   • inspissate, thicken - make thick or thicker
   • full - make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
   • diversify - make (more) diverse
   • decelerate, slow down - reduce the speed of
   • deaden - make vapid or deprive of spirit
   • accelerate, speed, speed up - cause to move faster
   • check, delay, retard - slow the growth or development of
   • decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller
   • liquefy, liquidise, liquidize, liquify - make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
   • solvate - cause a solvation in (a substance)
   • dissolve - cause to fade away
   • validate - make valid or confirm the validity of
   • invalidate, vitiate, void - take away the legal force of or render ineffective
   • empty - make void or empty of contents
   • fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense
   • saturate - cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
   • clot, coagulate - cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
   • louden - cause to become loud
   • normalise, normalize, renormalise, renormalize - make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard
   • morph - cause to change shape in a computer animation
   • neutralise, neutralize - make chemically neutral
   • commercialise, commercialize, market - make commercial
   • purge, purify, sanctify - make pure or free from sin or guilt
   • mechanise, mechanize - make mechanical
   • automate, automatise, automatize - make automatic or control or operate automatically
   • automatise, automatize - turn into an automaton
   • mechanise, mechanize - make monotonous; make automatic or routine
   • chord, harmonise, harmonize - bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
   • polarise, polarize - cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
   • glorify - bestow glory upon
   • contaminate - make radioactive by adding radioactive material
   • devalue - lower the value or quality of
   • insulate - protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
   • calcify - convert into lime
   • urbanise, urbanize - make more industrial or city-like
   • urbanise, urbanize - impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
   • emulsify - cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
   • demulsify - cause to demulsify
   • decarboxylate - remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
   • nazify - cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character
   • fecundate, fertilise, fertilize - make fertile or productive
   • clarify - make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
   • embrittle - make brittle
   • mark - make or leave a mark on
   • nick - divide or reset the tail muscles of
   • disable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action
   • enable - render capable or able for some task
   • de-emphasise, de-emphasize, destress - reduce the emphasis
   • tender, tenderise, tenderize - make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
   • charge - cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
   • bubble - cause to form bubbles
   • sweeten - make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
   • iodinate - cause to combine with iodine
   • ionate - add ions to
   • archaise, archaize - give an archaic appearance of character to
   • inform - give character or essence to
   • officialise, officialize - make official
   • occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise, westernize - make western in character
   • orientalise, orientalize - make oriental in character
   • acetylate, acetylise, acetylize - introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
   • achromatise, achromatize - remove color from
   • collimate, parallel - make or place parallel to something
   • camp - give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
   • classicise, classicize - make classic or classical
   • conventionalise, conventionalize - make conventional or adapt to conventions
   • decimalise, decimalize - change from fractions to decimals
   • dizzy - make dizzy or giddy
   • envenom, poison - add poison to
   • exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify - make external or objective, or give reality to
   • glamorise, glamorize, glamourise, glamourize - make glamorous and attractive
   • introvert - turn inside
   • laicise, laicize - reduce to lay status
   • politicise, politicize - give a political character to
   • radicalize - make more radical in social or political outlook
   • proof - activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
   • romanticise, romanticize - make romantic in style
   • rusticate - lend a rustic character to
   • sauce - add zest or flavor to, make more interesting
   • shallow, shoal - make shallow
   • tense - increase the tension on
   • steepen - make steeper
   • scramble - make unintelligible
   • unscramble - make intelligible
   • unsex - remove the qualities typical of one's sex
   • vitrify - change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
   • pall - cause to become flat
   • saponify - convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali
   • expand, extend - expand the influence of
   • set aside, suspend - make inoperative or stop
   • muddy - make turbid
   • transform - subject to a mathematical transformation
   • elevate, lift, raise - raise in rank or condition
   • harshen - make harsh or harsher
   • dinge - make dingy
   • demonise, demonize - make into a demon
   • devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolize - turn into a devil or make devilish
   • etherealize, etherialise - make ethereal
   • immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize - render immaterial or incorporeal
   • animate, animise, animize - give lifelike qualities to
   • clear - make clear, bright, light, or translucent
   • dynamise, dynamize - make (a drug) effective
   • dynamise, dynamize - make more dynamic
   • rarefy, sublimate, subtilize - make more subtle or refined
   • volatilise, volatilize - make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor
   • uniformise, uniformize - make uniform
   • symmetrise, symmetrize - make symmetric
   • eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise, immortalize - make famous forever
   • denature - make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
   • denature - modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
   • denature - add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
   • sanitise, sanitize - make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features
   • verbify - make into a verb
   • shift - move from one setting or context to another
   • sputter - cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
   • draw - bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
   • make - change from one form into another
   • dope - add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
   • prostrate - render helpless or defenseless
   • excite - produce a magnetic field in
   • energise, energize, excite - raise to a higher energy level
   • shake - bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
   • outmode - make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete
   • spice, spice up - make more interesting or flavorful
   • shorten - make short or shorter
   • think - bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
   • make - cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
   • deflate - produce deflation in
   • inflate - cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
   • reflate - economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation
   • digitalise, digitalize, digitise, digitize - put into digital form, as for use in a computer
   • gelatinise, gelatinize - convert into gelatinous form or jelly
   • recombine - cause genetic recombination
   • effeminise, effeminize, feminise, feminize, womanize - to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to
   • masculinise, masculinize, virilise, virilize - produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
   • masculinize - give a masculine appearance or character to
   • disharmonize, dissonate - cause to sound harsh and unpleasant
   • sexualise, sexualize - make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to
   • schematise, schematize - give conventional form to
   • patent - make open to sight or notice
   • constitutionalise, constitutionalize - incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional
   • rationalise, rationalize - remove irrational quantities from
   • plasticise, plasticize - make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
   • rarefy - lessen the density or solidity of
   • paganise, paganize - make pagan in character
   • incandesce - cause to become incandescent or glow
   • deaminate, deaminize - remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination
   • angulate - make or become angular
   • circularize - make circular
   • sensitise, sensitize - make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
   • sensitise, sensitize - make sensitive to a drug or allergen
   • depolarise, depolarize - eliminate the polarization of
   • intensify - make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
   • isomerise, isomerize - cause to change into an isomer
   • legitimate - make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)
   • evaporate, vaporise - cause to change into a vapor
   • industrialise, industrialize - organize (the production of something) into an industry
   • opacify - make opaque
   • opsonize - make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
   • militarise, militarize - adopt for military use
   • nationalise, nationalize - make national in character or scope
   • recommend - make attractive or acceptable
   • sentimentalise, sentimentalize - make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
   • solemnise, solemnize - make solemn and grave
   • territorialise, territorialize - place on a territorial basis
   • transaminate - change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another
   • glorify, spiritualize, transfigure - elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
   • unsanctify - remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified
   • vesiculate - cause to become vesicular or full of air cells
   • visualise, visualize - make visible
   • variegate - change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors
   • ventilate - furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape
   • vivify - make more striking or animated
   • vulgarise, vulgarize - debase and make vulgar
   • supple - make pliant and flexible
   • professionalise, professionalize - make professional or give a professional character to
   • smut - make obscene
   • still - make motionless
   • weaponize - make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon
   • eroticize, sex up - give erotic character to or make more interesting
   • piggyback - bring into alignment with
   • port - modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
   • lifehack - make one's day-to-day activities more efficient
   • cloud - make less clear
   • blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
   • moderate, tame, tone down - make less strong or intense; soften
   • obfuscate - make obscure or unclear
   • synchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
   • mince, moderate, soften - make less severe or harsh
   • militarise, militarize - lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force
   • break down, crush - make ineffective
   • fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out - make fat or plump
   • disturb, touch - tamper with
   • dull - make dull in appearance
   • blunt, dull - make dull or blunt
   • sharpen - make sharp or sharper
   • coarsen - make or become coarse or coarser
   • loosen - make less dense
   • loosen, undo, untie - cause to become loose
   • barb - provide with barbs
   • string - provide with strings
   • straighten, straighten out - make straight
   • bring - cause to come into a particular state or condition
   • amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify - to bring or combine together or with something else
   • charge - fill or load to capacity
   • put - cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
   • clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
   • begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty
   • depress, lower - cause to drop or sink
   • deform - make formless
   • break, break up - destroy the completeness of a set of related items
   • alter - make an alteration to
   • adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
   • humanise, humanize - make more humane
   • humble - cause to be unpretentious
   • alienate, disaffect, estrange - arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
   • right - put in or restore to an upright position
   • desensitise, desensitize - cause not to be sensitive
   • deodorise, deodorize, deodourise - eliminate the odor from
   • develop - make visible by means of chemical solutions
   • blur - to make less distinct or clear
   • blind - make blind by putting the eyes out
   • change intensity - increase or decrease in intensity
   • change taste - alter the flavor of
   • exchange, interchange, replace, substitute - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
   • capture - bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
   • add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend - bestow a quality on
   • reestablish, reinstate, restore - bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
   • liberalise, liberalize - make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules
   • compensate, correct, redress, right - make reparations or amends for
   • democratise, democratize - introduce democratic reforms; of nations
   • neutralize - make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
   • corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
   • loosen, relax - make less severe or strict
   • unify, unite - bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
   • flocculate - cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
   • turn - cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
   • cohere - cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
   same as: change, modify
2. Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence (synset 200122978)
   "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
   subtypes:

   • alternate, jump - go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
   • crackle - to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
   • modulate - vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
   • avianise, avianize - to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo
   • move - go or proceed from one point to another
   • accommodate, adapt - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
   • let out, widen - make (clothes) larger
   • take in - make (clothes) smaller
   • branch out, broaden, diversify - vary in order to spread risk or to expand
   • diversify, radiate - spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
   • narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize - become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
   • honeycomb - make full of cavities, like a honeycomb
   • break - vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
   same as: change, vary
3. Make an alteration to (synset 201671027)
   "This dress needs to be altered"
   entail: sew, tailor, tailor-make - create (clothes) with cloth
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
4. Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby (synset 200201771)
   is a type of: edit, redact - prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
   same as: falsify, interpolate
5. Remove the ovaries of (synset 200060248)
   "Is your cat spayed?"
   is a type of: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex - make infertile
   subtypes: defeminise, defeminize - remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
   same as: castrate, neuter, spay

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