Antonyms for commute
kəˈmyutcom·mute

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1. commuteverb

   To change is distinctively to make a thing other than it has been, in some respect at least; to exchange to put or take something else in its place; to alter is ordinarily to change partially, to make different in one or more particulars. To exchange is often to transfer ownership; as, to exchange city for country property. Change is often used in the sense of exchange; as, to change horses. To transmute is to change the qualities while the substance remains the same; as, to transmute the baser metals into gold. To transform is to change form or appearance, with or without deeper and more essential change; it is less absolute than transmute, tho sometimes used for that word, and is often used in a spiritual sense as transmute could not be; "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind," Rom. xii, 2. Transfigure is, as in its Scriptural use, to change in an exalted and glorious spiritual way; "Jesus ... was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light," Matt. xvii, 1, 2. To metamorphose is to make some remarkable change, ordinarily in external qualities, but often in structure, use, or chemical constitution, as of a caterpillar into a butterfly, of the stamens of a plant into petals, or of the crystalline structure of rocks, hence called "metamorphic rocks," as when a limestone is metamorphosed into a marble. To vary is to change from time to time, often capriciously. To commute is to put something easier, lighter, milder, or in some way more favorable in place of that which is commuted; as, to commute capital punishment to imprisonment for life; to commute daily fares on a railway to a monthly payment. To convert (Latin con, with, and verto, turn) is to primarily turn about, and signifies to change in form, character, use, etc., through a wide range of relations; iron is converted into steel, joy into grief, a sinner into a saint. To turn is a popular word for change in any sense short of the meaning of exchange, being often equivalent to alter, convert, transform, transmute, etc. We modify or qualify a statement which might seem too strong; we modify it by some limitation, qualify it by some addition.

   Antonyms:
   abide, bide, continue, endure, hold, keep, persist, remain, retain, stay

   Synonyms:
   alter, change, change, convert, diversify, exchange, metamorphose, modify, qualify, shift, substitute, transfigure, transform, transmute, turn, vary, veer

   Preposition:
   To change a home toilet for a street dress; to change from a caterpillar to or into a butterfly; to change clothes with a beggar.

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1. commute

   Antonyms:
   misappropriation, misconvert, misappropriate, disallow, stabilitate, perpetuate, stereotype

   Synonyms:
   alter, mitigate, substitute, exchange, compensate, barter, equalize, balance, modify

Matched Categories

1. • Change By Reversal
   • Travel

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. commuteverb

   a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work

   "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"

2. commute, transposeverb

   exchange positions without a change in value

   "These operators commute with each other"

   Synonyms:
   change, transpose, transfer, exchange, transplant, permute, convert, counterchange, interchange

3. commuteverb

   travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

   Synonyms:
   change, convert, transpose, exchange, permute

4. permute, commute, transposeverb

   change the order or arrangement of

   "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

   Synonyms:
   change, transpose, transfer, exchange, transplant, permute, convert, counterchange, interchange

5. commute, convert, exchangeverb

   exchange a penalty for a less severe one

   Synonyms:
   change, transpose, win over, exchange, switch over, switch, change over, permute, convince, convert, replace, interchange, substitute

6. change, exchange, commute, convertverb

   exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

   "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"

   Synonyms:
   change, interchange, vary, replace, permute, alter, modify, transpose, shift, switch over, exchange, win over, convince, convert, switch, transfer, change over, deepen, substitute

How to use commute in a sentence?

1. Regina Smith:

   We don't have any way to commute. I live way out, so the subway is the only way to get in.

2. Renee Griffin:

   I think Sydney Airport's Sydney Airport because a lack of housing affordability has forced people out of the' city' -- even people on decent wages, so you either rent, or you have a long commute -- both of which aren't great if you've got a family.

3. Dan Bova:

   Industry wide, overall print magazine sales are in decline. You see evidence of it everywhere you look. I hardly ever see someone reading an actual newspaper or magazine on the train in the morning anymore, not that I ever saw someone reading an issue of Penthouse during their morning commute, but you get the idea.

4. Serena Daniari.Daniari:

   I think some people have misconceptions about trans people, that we're deceptive. But that couldn't be further from the truth, at the end of the day, we just want to commute to work and see our friends and family without the threat of violence. We're just like every other New Yorker.

5. Washington State Trooper Rick Johnson:

   Driver agreed to put phones in back seat and continued his commute with eight less distractions.

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