English adjective: altered | |||
| 1. | altered changed in form or character without becoming something else | ||
| Samples | The altered policy promised success. Following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization. He looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing. | ||
| Similar | adjusted, changed, edited, emended, paraphrastic, revised | ||
| Antonyms | unaltered, unchanged | ||
| 2. | altered having testicles or ovaries removed | ||
| Synonyms | neutered | ||
| Similar | castrated, unsexed | ||
| Antonyms | uncastrated | ||
| 3. | altered changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | ||
| Samples | Seeds precisely adapted to the area. Instructions altered to suit the children's different ages. | ||
| Synonyms | adapted | ||
| Similar | modified | ||
| Antonyms | unmodified | ||