changes
Shifts from before
Changes are alterations or modifications—things becoming different from what they were before.
The word covers everything from minor adjustments to complete transformations: We made a few changes to the contract, climate change, a change of heart.
To change is to make or become different.
Change also means coins rather than bills, or money returned when you pay more than owed: Keep the change.
A change of clothes is a fresh set to put on.
Act of altering something
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- revisionAltering to improve
- amendmentChange to official text
- tweakMinor adjustment
overhaul · edit · update · correction · reworking · redesign · refinement · tailoring
Movement or work period
- passageSegment of text
- conversionAct of changing states
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- progressionSequential forward movement
movement · segue · handover · succession · turnover · crossroads · pivot · switch
Increase in size
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- progressMovement toward improvement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
improvement · breakthrough · expansion · modernization · innovation · flourishing · enrichment · cultivation
Results of actions taken
- effectsConsequences or belongings
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- repercussionsIndirect results of actions
ramifications · aftermath · implications · influence · legacy · ripple · shockwave · fallout
Irregular change over time
- diversityState of varied elements
- variabilityTendency to change
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
swing · disparity · inconsistency · divergence · anomaly · difference · range · spectrum
modification
Act of altering something
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- revisionAltering to improve
- amendmentChange to official text
tweak · overhaul · edit · update · correction · reworking · redesign · refinement · tailoring · customization
shift
Movement or work period
- passageSegment of text
- conversionAct of changing states
- fluxContinuous change or flow
progression · movement · segue · handover · succession · turnover · crossroads · pivot · switch · changeover
growth
Increase in size
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- progressMovement toward improvement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
maturation · improvement · breakthrough · expansion · modernization · innovation · flourishing · enrichment · cultivation · upgrading
consequences
Results of actions taken
repercussions · ramifications · aftermath · implications · influence · legacy · ripple · shockwave · fallout · disruption
fluctuation
Irregular change over time
- diversityState of varied elements
- variabilityTendency to change
- deviationDeparture from expected path
oscillation · swing · disparity · inconsistency · divergence · anomaly · difference · range · spectrum · unevenness
turn
Rotational movement
reroute · redirect · course correction · about-face · reversal · U-turn · swerve · tack · diversion · reorientation
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- fluctuationsfluctuations, oscillations, variations, swings, waves
- transformationstransform, transforms, transformation, metamorphosis, morph
- jazzbebop, swing era, hard bop, soul jazz, cool jazz
- jazz slangaxe, cat, chops, gig, lick
- music slanggig, jam, riff, lick, chops
changesstabilizes
Makes firm or steady
steadies · settles · solidifies · holds steady · anchors
- loose changeMiscellaneous small currency
- spare changeExtra coins on hand
- change of heartReversal of opinion
- change your mind
- change one's mindRevise a previous conclusion
- for a changeAs a departure from routine
change, exchange, changed, changing, changeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchangeable, interchange