alternate

nouns

someone who takes the place of another person

alternate, replacement, surrogate

go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

alternate, jump

is derived from

exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

alternate

is a type of (narrower)

hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent

"exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"

be an understudy or alternate for a role

alternate, understudy

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack

do something in turns

"We take turns on the night shift"

alternate, take turns

is derived from

every second one of a series

"the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White Queen

alternate

is similar to

recurring in cycles

serving or used in place of another

"an alternative plan"

occurring by turns; first one and then the other

"alternating feelings of love and hate"

alternate, alternating

of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired

"stems with alternate leaves"

alternate

antonym

domain category

the branch of biology that studies plants