Exact Match:
- alternately
- in an alternating sequence or position; "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately"
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- up and down
collapse - moving backward and forward along a given course; "he walked up and down the locker room"; "all up and down the Eastern seaboard"
- alternately upward and downward; "he eyed him up and down" related words >
- alternately,
- aplomb,
- at right angles,
- back and forth,
- backward and forward,
- backwards and forwards,
- by turns,
- completely,
- every other,
- exhaustively,
- hitch and hike,
- in and out,
- in rotation,
- in turns,
- inside out,
- make and break,
- off and on,
- perpendicularly,
- plumb,
- reciprocally,
- ride and tie,
- round and round,
- seesaw,
- sheer,
- sheerly,
- shuttlewise,
- square,
- to and fro,
- turn about
- alternate,
- alternately,
- beating,
- by turns,
- circling,
- cyclic,
- epochal,
- even,
- in rotation,
- in turns,
- intermittent,
- isochronal,
- make and break,
- measured,
- metronomic,
- off and on,
- oscillatory,
- periodical,
- pulsing,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocally,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- rhythmic,
- rotary,
- round and round,
- seasonal,
- serial,
- steady,
- to and fro,
- turn about,
- undulant,
- undulatory,
- up and down,
- wavelike,
- wheeling
- alternately,
- back and forth,
- backward and forward,
- backwards and forwards,
- by turns,
- capriciously,
- changeably,
- desultorily,
- erratically,
- every other,
- hitch and hike,
- in and out,
- in rotation,
- in turns,
- inconstantly,
- make and break,
- mutatis mutandis,
- off and on,
- on and off,
- reciprocally,
- ride and tie,
- round and round,
- seesaw,
- shuttlewise,
- turn about,
- uncertainly,
- unsteadfastly,
- unsteadily,
- up and down,
- variably,
- vice versa,
- waveringly
- back and forth
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- moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"; "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"; "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day" related words >
- alternate,
- alternately,
- back-and-forth,
- backward and forward,
- backwards and forwards,
- capriciously,
- changeably,
- desultorily,
- erratically,
- hitch and hike,
- in and out,
- inconstantly,
- mutatis mutandis,
- off and on,
- on and off,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocally,
- reciprocative,
- ride and tie,
- round and round,
- seesaw,
- shuttlewise,
- sine wave,
- to and fro,
- to-and-fro,
- uncertainly,
- unsteadfastly,
- unsteadily,
- up and down,
- up-and-down,
- variably,
- vice versa,
- waveringly
- alternately,
- au pair,
- by stages,
- by turns,
- consecutively,
- even,
- every other,
- exchangeably,
- hand running,
- hierarchically,
- in Indian file,
- in a chain,
- in a line,
- in a row,
- in a series,
- in column,
- in exchange,
- in file,
- in order,
- in return,
- in rotation,
- in sequence,
- in series,
- in single file,
- in succession,
- in turns,
- make and break,
- mutually,
- off and on,
- progressively,
- reciprocally,
- round and round,
- running,
- sequentially,
- serially,
- seriatim,
- step by step,
- successively,
- to and fro,
- turn about,
- up and down
- alternately,
- anticlockwise,
- around,
- back and forth,
- backward and forward,
- backwards and forwards,
- by turns,
- capriciously,
- changeably,
- clockwise,
- counterclockwise,
- desultorily,
- erratically,
- every other,
- head over heels,
- heels over head,
- hitch and hike,
- in a circle,
- in a spin,
- in a whirl,
- in and out,
- in circles,
- in rotation,
- in turns,
- inconstantly,
- make and break,
- meanderingly,
- meandrously,
- off and on,
- on and off,
- reciprocally,
- ride and tie,
- round,
- round about,
- seesaw,
- serpentinely,
- shuttlewise,
- sinuously,
- to and fro,
- tortuously,
- turn about,
- twistingly,
- uncertainly,
- unsteadfastly,
- unsteadily,
- up and down,
- variably,
- waveringly,
- widdershins,
- windingly
- vice versa
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- with the order reversed; "she hates him and vice versa" related words >
- a rebours,
- against the grain,
- alternately,
- arsy-varsy,
- back and forth,
- backward and forward,
- backwards,
- backwards and forwards,
- bottom side up,
- bottom up,
- by contraries,
- contra,
- contrarily,
- contrariously,
- contrariwise,
- contrary,
- contrawise,
- conversely,
- head over heels,
- heels over head,
- in flat opposition,
- inversely,
- just the opposite,
- mutatis mutandis,
- nay rather,
- on the contrary,
- oppositely,
- otherwise,
- over,
- per contra,
- quite the contrary,
- rather,
- reciprocally,
- reversed,
- seesaw,
- to and fro,
- to the contrary,
- topsy-turvy,
- tout au contraire,
- turned around,
- upside down
- off and on
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- not regularly; "they phone each other off and on" related words >
- alternately,
- at irregular intervals,
- at random,
- back and forth,
- backward and forward,
- backwards and forwards,
- brokenly,
- by catches,
- by fits,
- by jerks,
- by snatches,
- by turns,
- capriciously,
- changeably,
- desultorily,
- disconnectedly,
- discontinuously,
- eccentrically,
- erratically,
- every other,
- fitfully,
- haltingly,
- hitch and hike,
- in and out,
- in rotation,
- in snatches,
- in spots,
- in turns,
- inconstantly,
- intermittently,
- irregularly,
- jerkily,
- lurchingly,
- make and break,
- nonuniformly,
- on and off,
- patchily,
- reciprocally,
- ride and tie,
- roughly,
- round and round,
- seesaw,
- shuttlewise,
- spasmodically,
- sporadically,
- spottily,
- to and fro,
- turn about,
- uncertainly,
- unevenly,
- unmethodically,
- unpredictably,
- unrhythmically,
- unsteadfastly,
- unsteadily,
- unsystematically,
- up and down,
- variably,
- waveringly,
- whimsically,
- wobblingly
- alternately,
- au pair,
- break back,
- by turns,
- change back,
- come about,
- consecutively,
- convert,
- cry back,
- do a flip-flop,
- do an about-face,
- even,
- evert,
- every other,
- exchangeably,
- fetch about,
- flip-flop,
- go about,
- go back,
- hand running,
- hark back,
- heel,
- in Indian file,
- in a chain,
- in a line,
- in a row,
- in a series,
- in column,
- in exchange,
- in file,
- in return,
- in rotation,
- in single file,
- in succession,
- in turn,
- in turns,
- introvert,
- intussuscept,
- invaginate,
- inverse,
- invert,
- make and break,
- mutually,
- off and on,
- pivot,
- pivot about,
- progressively,
- pronate,
- put about,
- reciprocally,
- resupinate,
- reverse,
- revolve,
- rotate,
- round,
- round and round,
- running,
- sequentially,
- serially,
- seriatim,
- spin,
- step by step,
- successively,
- supinate,
- swing,
- swing round,
- swivel,
- to and fro,
- transpose,
- turn,
- turn around,
- turn back,
- turn down,
- turn in,
- turn inside out,
- turn out,
- turn over,
- turn round,
- turn tail,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn upside down,
- up and down,
- veer,
- veer around,
- wheel,
- wheel about,
- whirl
- rather
collapse
- to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"
- on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones" related words >
- OK,
- Roger,
- a bit,
- a little,
- a rebours,
- absolutely,
- acceptably,
- adequately,
- after all,
- again,
- against the grain,
- albeit,
- all right,
- all the same,
- alright,
- alrighty,
- alternately,
- alternatively,
- although,
- amen,
- arsy-varsy,
- as an alternative,
- as you say,
- assuredly,
- at all events,
- at any rate,
- aye,
- before,
- but,
- by all means,
- by choice,
- by contraries,
- by election,
- by proxy,
- by vote,
- certainly,
- choose,
- choose rather,
- contra,
- contrarily,
- contrariously,
- contrariwise,
- conversely,
- da,
- decently,
- even,
- even so,
- exactly,
- extremely,
- fairishly,
- fairly,
- fairly well,
- faute de mieux,
- favor,
- fine,
- first,
- for all that,
- good,
- good enough,
- have a bias,
- have preference,
- have rather,
- hear,
- honor before,
- howbeit,
- however,
- in a measure,
- in a way,
- in any case,
- in any event,
- in flat opposition,
- in its place,
- in its stead,
- in loco parentis,
- in preference,
- in some measure,
- indeed,
- indeedy,
- instead,
- inversely,
- it is that,
- ja,
- just so,
- just the opposite,
- just the same,
- kind of,
- lean towards,
- like better,
- mais oui,
- moderately,
- more,
- more or less,
- most assuredly,
- naturally,
- naturellement,
- nay rather,
- nevertheless,
- nonetheless,
- notwithstanding,
- of course,
- okay,
- on the contrary,
- oppositely,
- otherwise,
- oui,
- passably,
- per contra,
- please,
- positively,
- precisely,
- prefer,
- prefer to,
- preferably,
- presentably,
- pretty,
- pretty well,
- quite,
- quite the contrary,
- rather than,
- really,
- respectably,
- right,
- right as rain,
- right you are,
- righto,
- satisfactorily,
- scarcely,
- see fit,
- set before,
- slightly,
- so-so,
- somewhat,
- sooner,
- sooner than,
- sort of,
- still,
- sure,
- sure thing,
- surely,
- that is so,
- think best,
- think fit,
- think proper,
- though,
- to a degree,
- to be sure,
- to some extent,
- to the contrary,
- tolerably,
- topsy-turvy,
- tout au contraire,
- truly,
- unexceptionably,
- upside down,
- very,
- very well,
- vice versa,
- well and good,
- well enough,
- when,
- why yes,
- yea,
- yeah,
- yep,
- yes,
- yes indeed,
- yes indeedy,
- yes sir,
- yes sirree,
- yet,
- you are right,
- you said it,
- you speak truly
- seesaw
collapse
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
- move up and down as if on a seesaw related words >
- Ferris wheel,
- Lissajous figure,
- alternate,
- alternately,
- alternation,
- back and fill,
- back and forth,
- back-and-forth,
- backward and forward,
- backwards and forwards,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- cant,
- carousel,
- chute-the-chutes,
- chutes,
- coaction,
- come and go,
- coming and going,
- complementary distribution,
- concurrence,
- cooperation,
- ebb and flow,
- engagement,
- flounder,
- fluctuate,
- flux and reflux,
- flying horses,
- go through phases,
- hitch and hike,
- in and out,
- incline,
- interaction,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercourse,
- interlacing,
- intermeshing,
- interplay,
- intertwining,
- interweaving,
- interworking,
- lean,
- list,
- lurch,
- merry-go-round,
- mesh,
- meshing,
- metronome,
- mutatis mutandis,
- off and on,
- oscillate,
- oscillator,
- pass and repass,
- pendulate,
- pendulum,
- pitch,
- quid pro quo,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocally,
- reciprocate,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocative,
- rhythmic play,
- ride and tie,
- ring the changes,
- rock,
- rocker,
- rocking chair,
- rocking stone,
- roll,
- roller coaster,
- round and round,
- roundabout,
- seesawing,
- shift,
- shuffle,
- shuttle,
- shuttlecock,
- shuttlewise,
- sine wave,
- stagger,
- swag,
- sway,
- swing,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeter-tottering,
- teeterboard,
- teetering,
- teetery-bender,
- tilt,
- tilter,
- tit for tat,
- to and fro,
- to-and-fro,
- totter,
- tottering,
- turn,
- up and down,
- up-and-down,
- ups and downs,
- vacillate,
- vary,
- vibrator,
- vice versa,
- waver,
- wax and wane,
- whip,
- whirligig,
- wibble-wabble,
- wigwag,
- wobble,
- yaw,
- zigzag
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