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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'SWITCH'

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1. (noun) switch, electric switch, electrical switch
control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
Synonyms: switch, shift, electrical switch, replacement, electric switch, switching, transposition, substitution, permutation

2. (noun) substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Synonyms: reversal, refilling, replacing, exchange, commutation, renewal, switch, substitution, replenishment, surrogate, heterotaxy, successor, switching, shift, replacement, alternate, permutation, electrical switch, transposition, substitute, electric switch

3. (noun) switch
hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
Synonyms: shift, electrical switch, replacement, electric switch, switching, transposition, substitution, permutation

4. (noun) switch
railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
Synonyms: shift, electrical switch, replacement, electric switch, switching, transposition, substitution, permutation

5. (noun) switch
a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
Synonyms: shift, electrical switch, replacement, electric switch, switching, transposition, substitution, permutation

6. (noun) switch
a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
Synonyms: shift, electrical switch, replacement, electric switch, switching, transposition, substitution, permutation

7. (verb) switch, switching, shift
the act of changing one thing or position for another
Synonyms: electrical switch, work shift, fault, displacement, transposition, duty period, shift key, shifting, sack, chemise, break, geological fault, faulting, shift, substitution, shimmy, teddy, slip, switching, transformation, replacement, switch, permutation, transmutation, fracture, electric switch

8. (verb) switch over, switch, exchange
change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
Synonyms: change, throw, interchange, replace, switch, tack, alternate, commute, shift, switch over, flip-flop, flip, trade, convert, exchange, change over, swap, substitute, swop

9. (verb) trade, swap, swop, switch
exchange or give (something) in exchange for
Synonyms: merchandise, change, throw, interchange, tack, alternate, deal, shift, switch over, exchange, trade in, flip-flop, trade, switch, sell, change over, swap, flip, swop

10. (verb) switch, shift, change
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
Synonyms: exchange, change, throw, interchange, budge, careen, agitate, alter, commute, wobble, lurch, tack, alternate, reposition, vary, stir, tilt, shift, switch over, flip-flop, pitch, flip, modify, trade, swop, switch, transfer, change over, deepen, swap, convert, dislodge

11. (verb) switch, change over, shift
make a shift in or exchange of
Synonyms: exchange, change, throw, interchange, budge, dislodge, careen, agitate, wobble, lurch, tack, alternate, reposition, stir, tilt, shift, switch over, flip-flop, pitch, flip, trade, convert, switch, transfer, change over, swap, swop

12. (verb) throw, flip, switch
cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
Synonyms: fuddle, confound, twitch, flick, fox, exchange, confuse, swap, bedevil, cast off, thrust, flip-flop, have, shift, change, alternate, make, switch, throw, cast, tack, leaf, pitch, flip, trade, sky, riffle, give, riff, swop, bemuse, hold, befuddle, thumb, shake off, throw off, toss, throw away, change over, flip over, turn over, contrive, drop, bewilder, flip out, hurl, discombobulate, switch over, project, interchange, shed

13. (verb) switch
flog with or as if with a flexible rod
Synonyms: change, alternate, shift, swop, exchange, flip, throw, switch over, tack, change over, flip-flop, trade, interchange, swap

14. (verb) interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Synonyms: tack together, put together, flip over, swop, transpose, exchange, piece, flip, append, hang on, tack on, twitch, flick, understudy, tack, thumb, change, alternate, switch, counterchange, throw, leaf, pitch, trade, sky, riffle, riff, flip out, switch over, baste, wear round, substitute, toss, flip-flop, change over, set up, shift, turn over, jump, swap, replace, assemble, take turns, tag on, interchange

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'SWITCH'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. SWITCH
Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to
Synonyms: beat, bastinado, chastise, overcome, spank, thrash, batter, conquer, pommel, strike, vanquish, belabor, cudgel, pound, surpass, whip, bruise, defeat, scourge, switch, worst, castigate, flog, smite
Antonyms: fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

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