Results
Definition of alteration:
Synonyms:
readjustment, revolution, remodeling, variety, qualification, qualifying, innovation, revisal, exchange, accommodation, correction, renewal, revise, registration, allowance, rewrite, limiting, vicissitude, rescript, novelty, renewing, permutation, fitting, adaption, transmutation.
- change (part of speech: noun)
-
conversion (part of speech: noun)
- modulation,
- transformation,
- adaptation,
- proselytization,
- reclamation,
- conversion,
- transition,
- metamorphosis,
- sublimation,
- reformation,
- regeneration,
- change
Usage examples:
-
The public were never allowed a choice; the great majority of an audience even now cannot be expected to carry the real Shakspeare in their mind, so as to pursue a comparison between that and the alteration.
- "Biographical Essays", Thomas de Quincey. -
Nevertheless, if you think you can put up with the new state of things, there need be little alteration in your present mode of life, my dear Rupert; if you will only make a generous effort to alter your line of conduct.
- "The Light of Scarthey", Egerton Castle. -
I had well observed the King when his education was in question, and I remarked in him no sort of alteration, change, or constraint.
- "The Memoirs of Louis XIV., Volume 12 And His Court and of The Regency", Duc de Saint-Simon.