alternately
In rotating fashion
Alternately describes things happening in turns or succession: The light flashed red and green alternately.
Two people speaking alternately take turns.
Often confused with alternatively, which introduces another option.
Alternately implies a back-and-forth pattern; alternatively offers a choice: You could drive, or alternatively, take the train.
In a swappable manner
- take turnsAlternate in sequence
- rotateTurn about an axis
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- swapExchange one for another
back and forth · flip-flop · trade-off · substitute · reciprocally · mutually · tandem · staggered
In uninterrupted sequence
- consecutivelyIn unbroken sequence
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- serialOccurring in ordered succession
- subsequentOccurring after something else
phased · interlaced · progression · cycle · rotation · chain · following · one by one
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- tempoRate of musical performance
- pulseArterial blood throb
- meterDevice that measures usage
pattern · timing · pace · flow · syncopation · measure · swing · groove
Change from a norm
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- shiftMovement or work period
- changeTo make different
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
vacillation · modulation · variability · deviation · adjustment · transition · ebb and flow · waxing and waning
interchangeably
In a swappable manner
- take turnsAlternate in sequence
- rotateTurn about an axis
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
swap · back and forth · flip-flop · trade-off · substitute · reciprocally · mutually · tandem · staggered · one after another
successively
In uninterrupted sequence
- consecutivelyIn unbroken sequence
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- serialOccurring in ordered succession
subsequent · phased · interlaced · progression · cycle · rotation · chain · following · one by one · step by step
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
meter · pattern · timing · pace · flow · syncopation · measure · swing · groove · accentuation
variation
Change from a norm
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- shiftMovement or work period
- changeTo make different
wavering · vacillation · modulation · variability · deviation · adjustment · transition · ebb and flow · waxing and waning · up and down
- infrequencyrarely, seldom, infrequent, infrequently, occasionally
- sequence wordsfirst, second, third, next, fourth
- cryptic cluesanagram, hidden, reversal, homophone, container
alternatelysimultaneously
At the same instant
concurrently · at the same time · together · at once · in unison
alternatelyconsistently
In an unchanging way
uniformly · invariably · constantly · continuously · always
- alternate routeSecondary path to destination
- alternate universeHypothetical divergent reality
- alternate realityHypothetical different version of existence
- alternate realitiesHypothetical divergent existences
- alternate dimensionsSeparate coexisting realities
- alternate identityAssumed second persona