English noun: change |
| 1. | change (event) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
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| Samples | The change was intended to increase sales.
This storm is certainly a change for the worse.
The neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago.
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| Synonyms | alteration, modification |
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| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acceleration, avulsion, birth, break, breakup, chromosomal mutation, conversion, damage, death, decease, deceleration, decrease, deformation, destabilization, detachment, development, drop-off, easing, expiry, fluctuation, genetic mutation, harm, impairment, increase, lessening, loss of consciousness, moderation, mutation, mutation, nascence, nascency, nativity, play, relief, retardation, revolution, scintillation, separation, sex change, shift, shimmer, slowing, sparkling, sublimation, surprise, transformation, transition, transmutation, transmutation, twinkle, vagary, variation |
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| 2. | change a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event |
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| Samples | He attributed the change to their marriage.
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| Broader (hypernym) | relation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | difference, gradient |
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| 3. | change (act) the action of changing something |
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| Samples | The change of government had no impact on the economy.
His change on abortion cost him the election.
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| Broader (hypernym) | action |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | about-face, adjustment, adulteration, alteration, change of direction, change of integrity, change of magnitude, change of shape, change of state, communisation, communization, commutation, conversion, decimalisation, decimalization, demotion, diversification, downshift, downshift, entail, exchange, filtration, flux, metrication, metrification, modification, motility, motion, motion, move, move, move, movement, movement, movement, nationalisation, nationalization, policy change, promotion, reduction, relocation, reorientation, reversal, rollover, satisfaction, secularisation, secularization, shift, simplification, substitution, switch, switching, turning, updating, variation, variegation, volte-face |
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| 4. | change (phenomenon) the result of alteration or modification |
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| Samples | There were marked changes in the lining of the lungs.
There had been no change in the mountains.
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| Broader (hypernym) | consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | depolarisation, depolarization |
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| 5. | change (possession) the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due |
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| Samples | I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change.
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| Broader (hypernym) | cash, hard cash, hard currency |
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| 6. | change (artifact) a thing that is different |
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| Samples | He inspected several changes before selecting one.
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| Broader (hypernym) | thing |
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| 7. | change (artifact) a different or fresh set of clothes |
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| Samples | She brought a change in her overnight bag.
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| Broader (hypernym) | article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable |
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| 8. | change (possession) coins of small denomination regarded collectively |
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| Samples | He had a pocketful of change.
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| Broader (hypernym) | coin |
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| 9. | change (possession) money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency |
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| Samples | He got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver.
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| Broader (hypernym) | cash, hard cash, hard currency |
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| 10. | change (attribute) a difference that is usually pleasant |
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| Samples | He goes to France for variety.
It is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic.
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| Synonyms | variety |
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| Broader (hypernym) | difference |
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English verb: change |
| 1. | change (change) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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| Samples | The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city.
The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue.
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| Examples | They change their earnings this year |
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| Synonyms | alter, modify |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody.
Something ----s something |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | accelerate, accustom, acerbate, acetylate, acetylise, acetylize, achromatise, achromatize, activate, activate, activate, activate, add, adjust, adorn, aerate, affect, affect, age, aggravate, alchemise, alchemize, alcoholise, alcoholize, alien, alienate, alkalinise, alkalinize, allegorise, allegorize, alter, amalgamate, ameliorate, amend, Americanise, Americanize, angulate, animalise, animalize, animate, animise, animize, antiquate, antiquate, antique, archaise, archaize, arouse, arterialise, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automate, automatise, automatise, automatize, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarise, barbarize, bear on, bear upon, beautify, bedim, beef up, begrime, bemire, bestialise, bestialize, bestow, better, blear, blind, blister, blot out, blunt, blunt, blunt, blur, blur, blur, boil, bolshevise, bolshevize, break, break down, break up, brighten, bring, bring, bring, brutalise, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralise, centralize, change intensity, change over, change over, change taste, charge, charge, chasten, chasten, check, chill, chord, circularize, civilise, civilize, clarify, classicise, classicize, clean, clear, clear, clot, cloud, coagulate, coarsen, coarsen, cohere, collimate, colly, color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize, commercialise, commercialize, commix, communise, communize, commute, compensate, complicate, complicate, concentrate, concentrate, condense, confuse, constitutionalise, constitutionalize, contaminate, contract, contribute, conventionalise, conventionalize, convert, convert, convert, convert, cook, cool, cool down, correct, correct, corrupt, counterchange, crack, crush, cry, customise, customize, cut, damage, darken, de-emphasise, de-emphasize, deactivate, deaden, deaden, deaminate, deaminize, debase, debauch, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralise, decentralize, decimalise, decimalize, deconcentrate, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, defog, deform, degauss, dehydrogenate, delay, demagnetise, demagnetize, demist, democratise, democratize, demonise, demonize, demoralise, demoralize, demulsify, demythologise, demythologize, denationalise, denationalize, denaturalise, denaturalise, denaturalize, denaturalize, denature, denature, denature, deodorise, deodorize, deodourise, depersonalise, depersonalize, depolarise, depolarize, deprave, depress, desensitise, desensitise, desensitize, desensitize, destabilise, destabilize, destress, detransitivise, detransitivize, devalue, develop, develop, devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolize, digitalise, digitalize, digitise, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, disaffect, disarray, discolor, disenable, disharmonize, disintegrate, dismiss, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, dissolve, dissonate, disturb, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, dope, draw, drop, dry, dry out, dull, dull, dynamise, dynamise, dynamize, dynamize, ease off, ease up, edit, edit, edit out, effeminise, effeminize, elaborate, elevate, embellish, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, energise, energize, envenom, equal, equalise, equalize, equate, eroticize, estrange, eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, etherealize, etherialise, etiolate, etiolate, Europeanise, Europeanise, Europeanize, Europeanize, evaporate, even, even out, exacerbate, exasperate, exchange, exchange, excite, excite, expand, extend, exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize, fasten, fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fecundate, fecundate, feminise, feminize, fertilise, fertilise, fertilize, fertilize, fill, fill out, fill up, fix, flatten, flesh out, flocculate, form, fortify, fortify, freeze, Frenchify, freshen, full, gear up, gelatinise, gelatinize, get, glamorise, glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glorify, glorify, grace, grime, habituate, harmonise, harmonize, harshen, heat, heat up, hide, hue, humanise, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialise, immaterialize, immortalise, immortalize, impact, impart, improve, inactivate, incandesce, incapacitate, increase, indispose, indispose, individualise, individualize, industrialise, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, inspissate, insulate, intensify, interchange, interchange, internationalise, internationalize, intransitivise, intransitivize, introvert, invalidate, invert, invert, iodinate, ionate, Islamise, Islamize, isomerise, isomerize, lace, laicise, laicize, land, legitimate, lend, lessen, let up, liberalise, liberalize, lifehack, lift, lighten, lighten up, liquefy, liquidise, liquidize, liquify, loose, loosen, loosen, loosen, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetise, magnetize, make, make, make, make clean, make full, make grow, mark, market, masculinise, masculinize, masculinize, match, mature, mechanise, mechanise, mechanize, mechanize, meliorate, merge, militarise, militarise, militarize, militarize, mince, mingle, minify, misdirect, mix, moderate, moderate, moderate, morph, muddy, mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize, nationalise, nationalise, nationalize, nationalize, naturalise, naturalise, naturalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralise, neutralize, neutralize, nick, normalise, normalize, obfuscate, objectify, objectify, obliterate, obnubilate, obscure, obscure, obscure, occidentalise, occidentalize, officialise, officialize, opacify, opalise, opalize, opsonize, orientalise, orientalize, ornament, ossify, outmode, overcloud, overturn, oxidate, oxidise, oxidize, oxygenise, oxygenize, paganise, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, perplex, personalise, personalize, pervert, piggyback, plasticise, plasticize, plump, plump out, poison, polarise, polarize, politicise, politicize, port, prepare, pressurise, pressurize, profane, professionalise, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purge, purify, put, radicalize, raise, rarefy, rarefy, rarify, rationalise, rationalize, ready, reclaim, reclaim, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, reconstruct, rectify, redact, redo, redress, reestablish, refine, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, reinstate, relax, remodel, renormalise, renormalize, replace, restore, retard, reverse, revolutionise, revolutionize, right, right, ripen, romanticise, romanticize, round, round down, round off, round out, rouse, rusticate, sanctify, sanitise, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematise, schematize, scramble, sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitise, sensitise, sensitize, sensitize, sensitize, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, set, set, set, set aside, set up, sex up, sexualise, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, sharpen, shift, shift, shoal, shorten, simplify, slenderise, slenderize, slow down, smut, sober, socialise, socialize, soften, soften, soil, solemnise, solemnize, solvate, speed, speed up, spice, spice up, spike, spiritualize, sputter, stabilise, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, straighten out, strengthen, string, subdue, sublimate, substitute, subtilize, suburbanise, suburbanize, subvert, supercharge, supple, suspend, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrise, symmetrize, synchronise, synchronize, tame, tame, tame, temper, tender, tenderise, tenderize, tense, terminate, territorialise, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, touch, touch on, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transform, transform, transform, transform, transform, transitivise, transitivize, translate, transmute, transmute, transpose, transpose, transubstantiate, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, undo, unfit, uniformise, uniformize, unify, unify, unify, unite, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize, untie, untune, urbanise, urbanise, urbanize, urbanize, validate, vaporise, variegate, vascularise, vascularize, veil, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, virilise, virilize, visualise, visualize, vitalise, vitalize, vitiate, vitiate, vitrify, vivify, void, volatilise, volatilize, vulgarise, vulgarize, wake, wake up, waken, warm, weaken, weaponize, westernise, westernize, wet, widen, womanize, worsen |
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| Cause | change |
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| 2. | change (change) undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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| Samples | She changed completely as she grew older.
The weather changed last night.
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s.
Somebody ----s |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acetylate, acetylise, acetylize, acquire, acquire, acquire, adapt, adjust, adopt, alkalinise, alkalinize, Americanise, Americanize, animalise, animalize, arrange, ascend, assibilate, assimilate, assume, barbarise, barbarize, become flat, boil, break, break, break, break, break down, break into, brutalise, brutalize, calcify, capacitate, carbonate, caseate, caseate, catch, catch on, cave in, change, change by reversal, change form, change integrity, change magnitude, change posture, change shape, change state, change surface, check, climb up, clinker, collapse, color, colour, come, come around, come in, come round, commute, complexify, concretise, concretize, conform, conjugate, conk out, contract, convert, convert, cool, cool down, cool off, crack, crack, crash, creolize, crumble, cure, damage, darken, dawn, deaden, decalcify, decarboxylate, decay, decay, decrepitate, deepen, defervesce, deform, democratise, democratize, deoxidise, deoxidize, depart, desalinate, desalinise, desalinize, desalt, destabilise, destabilize, develop, develop, develop, develop, die, die, digest, dilapidate, dim, discolor, discolor, discolour, dissimilate, dissimilate, distil, distill, divide, dress, drift, drop, dry, dry out, dull, dull, evaporate, evolve, experience, fail, fall, fall, fall for, fall in, felt, felt up, feminise, feminize, find, flip, flip out, flocculate, fly, fold, fold up, form, format, foul, founder, freshen, freshen up, frost over, gel, gelatinise, gelatinize, get, get, get dressed, give, give out, give way, give way, give way, glass, glass over, glaze, glaze over, go, go, go bad, go out, gradate, grow, grow, grow, grow, gum, harden, harden, have, hush, hydrate, hydrolyse, hydrolyze, ice over, ice up, incandesce, incur, indurate, indurate, indurate, industrialise, industrialize, introject, ionise, ionize, isomerise, isomerize, jump, keratinise, keratinize, leave, liberalise, liberalize, lighten, lighten up, loosen, make, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up, mature, mellow, mellow out, melt, metamorphose, mildew, modernise, modernize, modify, mold, move, move up, mutate, narrow, normalise, normalize, obsolesce, obtain, occult, opacify, oxidate, oxidate, oxidise, oxidise, oxidize, oxidize, pall, pall, part, pass, plasticise, plasticize, play out, prim, produce, professionalise, professionalize, promote, pull up stakes, purify, ramify, recede, receive, recombine, reduce, reflate, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, regress, rejuvenate, relax, reorient, repress, resume, reticulate, reverse, rise, rise, roll, roll up, run, salinate, saponify, separate, sequester, settle, shade, shallow, shear, shift, shift, shoal, smoothen, soften, solarise, solarize, spot, stabilise, stabilize, stagnate, steepen, stiffen, stratify, strengthen, sublimate, sublime, suburbanise, suburbanize, suffuse, superannuate, swing, synthesize, take, take on, take up, tighten, transaminate, transform, transmute, transpire, transpose, turn, turn, turn, turn on, ulcerate, undergo, undulate, vaporise, vascularise, vascularize, vesiculate, vitrify, vulcanise, vulcanize, warm, warm up, warm up, yield |
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| Antonyms | remain, stay, rest |
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| 3. | change (change) become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence |
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| Samples | Her mood changes in accordance with the weather.
The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season.
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| Examples | They change the countryside |
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| Synonyms | alter, vary |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s.
Somebody ----s |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | accommodate, adapt, alternate, avianise, avianize, branch out, break, broaden, crackle, diversify, diversify, honeycomb, jump, let out, modulate, move, narrow, narrow down, radiate, specialise, specialize, take in, widen |
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| 4. | change (change) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another |
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| Samples | Switch to a different brand of beer.
She switched psychiatrists.
The car changed lanes.
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| Synonyms | shift, switch |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s.
Somebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | break, break, channel-surf, cut, diphthongise, diphthongize, jump, leap, shift, surf, transition |
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| Verb group | change, change, commute, convert, exchange |
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| 5. | change (change) change clothes; put on different clothes |
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| Samples | Change before you go to the opera.
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| Examples | They change |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Somebody ----s PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dress, get dressed |
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| Verb group | change, shift, switch |
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| 6. | change (change) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category |
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| Samples | Could you convert my dollars into pounds?.
He changed his name.
Convert centimeters into inches.
Convert holdings into shares.
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| Examples | They change the money |
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| Synonyms | commute, convert, exchange |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Broader (hypernym) | replace |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | break, capitalise, capitalize, launder, rectify, utilize |
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| Verb group | change, shift, switch |
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| 7. | change (possession) give to, and receive from, one another |
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| Samples | Would you change places with me?.
We have been exchanging letters for a year.
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| Synonyms | exchange, interchange |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | transfer |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | barter, cash, cash in, fill in, ransom, redeem, redeem, sell, stand in, sub, substitute, swap, switch, swop, trade, trade, trade in |
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| 8. | change (motion) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another |
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| Samples | She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast.
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| Examples | They change |
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| Synonyms | transfer |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s.
Somebody ----s.
Something is ----ing PP.
Somebody ----s PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel |
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| 9. | change (change) become deeper in tone |
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| Samples | His voice began to change when he was 12 years old.
Her voice deepened when she whispered the password.
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| Synonyms | deepen |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s |
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| Broader (hypernym) | change |
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| 10. | change (change) remove or replace the coverings of |
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| Samples | Father had to learn how to change the baby.
After each guest we changed the bed linens.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | replace |
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