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
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
Synonyms for switch 
