alter

Other forms of alter

past tense

alterred·

present participle

alterring·

third person

alters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about alter

What does alter mean?

alter means "cause to change; make different; cause a transformation". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in alter?

alter has 2 syllables: al-ter. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈɔltɚ/.

What is another word for alter?

Close synonyms include change, modify, change, vary, interpolate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alter a common word?

alter is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with alter?

1 word rhymes with alter. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.