switched
Traded one for another
Switched is the past tense and past participle of switch, covering its various meanings.
If you switched something, you changed it, often abruptly or completely: She switched careers after ten years in finance.
You might have switched places with someone, or switched channels on the television.
In electrical contexts, switched describes something controlled by a switch: a switched outlet.
If someone switched on you, they changed allegiance or, in slang, informed on you to authorities.
Exchanged for value
- swappedExchanged mutually
- replacedRemoved and substituted
- substitutedPut in place of
- interchangedReciprocally traded positions
bartered · transposed · alternated · rotated · shuffled · reciprocated
Changed from before
- modifiedChanged in some way
- transformedFundamentally changed in nature
- convertedAltered in form or purpose
- adjustedChanged to improve fit
shifted · revised · swapped · varied · evolved · transitioned · reconfigured · reworked
Closed electrical pathway
- currentDirected flow of charge
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- outletPoint of release
relay · contact · terminal · connection · panel · fuse · conductor · voltage
What takes another's place
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- reserveSupply kept back
alternate · surrogate · proxy · relief · understudy · benchwarmer · pinch hitter · second-string
traded
Exchanged for value
- swappedExchanged mutually
- replacedRemoved and substituted
- substitutedPut in place of
interchanged · bartered · transposed · alternated · rotated · shuffled · reciprocated
altered
Changed from before
- modifiedChanged in some way
- transformedFundamentally changed in nature
- convertedAltered in form or purpose
adjusted · shifted · revised · swapped · varied · evolved · transitioned · reconfigured · reworked · overhauled
button
Disc through a hole
off · engage · trigger · activate · power · control · operate · release · start · initiate
circuit
Closed electrical pathway
- currentDirected flow of charge
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
outlet · relay · contact · terminal · connection · panel · fuse · conductor · voltage · switchboard
replacement
What takes another's place
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
reserve · alternate · surrogate · proxy · relief · understudy · benchwarmer · pinch hitter · second-string · rotation
switchedunchanged
Not modified at all
kept · maintained · stayed · remained · fixed
switchedkept
Didn't give away
retained · held onto · maintained · original · preserved
switcheduntouched
Not contacted or affected
left alone · unchanged · unactivated · untoggled · unadjusted
- light switchWall-mounted illumination control
- switch onCause to operate
- switched offMade inactive by toggle
- switch offCease device operation
- switch hittersBatters using both sides
- light switchesDevices activating overhead fixtures
switch, switching, switches, switchable, switch on, switch off, switched on