altered

Other forms of altered

comparative

alteredder·

superlative

altereddest·

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 altered

What does altered mean?

altered means "changed in form or character without becoming something else". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in altered?

altered has 2 syllables: al-tered. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈɔltɚd/.

What is another word for altered?

Close synonyms include neutered, adapted. 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.

What is the opposite of altered?

The recorded antonyms are unaltered.

Is altered a common word?

altered is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.