alter
Adjust to fit
Alter means to change or modify something, usually in a partial rather than complete way.
You alter a document by revising it, alter clothing by adjusting the fit, or alter your plans when circumstances change.
The tailor altered the suit to fit perfectly.
The change implied by alter is typically deliberate and measured rather than dramatic or destructive.
In some contexts, alter refers specifically to neutering an animal.
Change partially
- transformChange completely in form
- shiftMovement or work period
- varyTo show differences
- convertChange in form or faith
revise · amend · rework · reshape · remodel · reconfigure · overhaul · restructure
Folded garment edge
tuck · fitting · seamstress · alterations · garment · resize · adjust · nip
Distort the truth
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- adulterateCorrupt by adding impurities
corrupt · distort · fabricate · counterfeit · spike · misrepresent · tamper · fudge
modify
Change partially
convert · revise · amend · rework · reshape · remodel · reconfigure · overhaul · restructure · reform
hem
Folded garment edge
lengthen · tuck · fitting · seamstress · alterations · garment · resize · adjust · nip · dart
falsify
Distort the truth
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- manipulateControl through clever influence
adulterate · corrupt · distort · fabricate · counterfeit · spike · misrepresent · tamper · fudge · rig
tweak
Minor adjustment
tune · set · configure · balance · align · optimize · trim · correct · rectify · standardize
disrupt
Interrupt and disorder
subvert · sabotage · weaken · impair · compromise · derail · interfere · disturb · throw off · shake up
- transformation wordsturn into, convert, transform, morph, mutate
- renovationrenovation, remodeling, remodel, renovate, refurbishment
- adjustmentsadjustment, tweaks, adjust, shifts, fixes
- change verbschange, transform, modify, convert, morph
- changeschange, shift, transformation, modify, transform
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
- alter egoA secondary persona
- no alternativeSole available course
- alternative routeSecondary path available
- alternate routeSecondary path to destination
- alternate universeHypothetical divergent reality
- alternate realityHypothetical different version of existence
alternative, alternate, altered, alteration, altruism, altering, unaltered, alternating, alters