alteration
A tailored change
Alteration is a change or modification to something existing.
A tailor makes alterations to clothing for better fit.
Buildings undergo alterations when renovated.
The contract allows minor alterations but not structural changes.
The word implies adjustment rather than replacement—the original thing remains, just modified.
Irregular change over time
- variationChange from a norm
- shiftMovement or work period
- changeTo make different
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
instability · irregularity · unpredictability · volatility · flux · divergence · deviation · oscillation
To make different
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- revisionAltering to improve
- amendmentChange to official text
- correctionFixing of mistakes
refinement · tweak · update · reworking · reshaping · overhaul · reform · redesign
Sewing a fabric edge
- fittingSuitable or proper
- taking inReceiving into oneself
- letting outAllowing to escape
- shorteningReducing length or duration
lengthening · tapering · adjusting · resizing · darts · seams · cuffs · sleeves
Gradual wearing away
- weatheringAtmospheric breakdown of materials
- metamorphismHeat-pressure mineral alteration
- deformationChange in shape
- faultingAttributing blame to another
folding · uplift · subsidence · mineralization · sedimentation · tectonic · hydrothermal · oxidation
fluctuation
Irregular change over time
inconsistency · instability · irregularity · unpredictability · volatility · flux · divergence · deviation · oscillation · variance
change
To make different
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- revisionAltering to improve
- amendmentChange to official text
correction · refinement · tweak · update · reworking · reshaping · overhaul · reform · redesign · transformation
hemming
Sewing a fabric edge
- fittingSuitable or proper
- taking inReceiving into oneself
- letting outAllowing to escape
shortening · lengthening · tapering · adjusting · resizing · darts · seams · cuffs · sleeves · waistline
erosion
Gradual wearing away
- weatheringAtmospheric breakdown of materials
- metamorphismHeat-pressure mineral alteration
- deformationChange in shape
faulting · folding · uplift · subsidence · mineralization · sedimentation · tectonic · hydrothermal · oxidation · recrystallization
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation
- document frauddocument fraud, forged documents, fake documents, falsification, counterfeit documents
- tailoring termshem, seam, dart, tuck, pleat
- dressmakingsewing, fabric, pattern, fitting, hem
- adjustmentsadjustment, tweaks, adjust, shifts, fixes
- changechange, flux, transformation, metamorphosis, transitions
alterationpermanence
Quality of lasting indefinitely
constancy · changelessness · stability · fixity · fixedness
alterationpreservation
Maintaining something's condition
conservation · maintenance · stabilization · retention · protection
alterationpreservation
Maintaining something's condition
conservation · maintenance · retention · sameness · identity
- alterations shopGarment modification business