ALTERED Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of altered

as in sterilized

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verb

past tense of alter

as in modified

to make different in some way can't you alter your plans just slightly so we can leave 10 minutes earlier?

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as in fixed

to remove the sex organs of contends that cats and dogs that have been altered make better pets

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Recent Examples of altered

Adjective

That type of health, paired with altered coaching after the hiring of Keith Carter, sets up for one of the best offensive lines since O’Connell took over in 2022. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 28 July 2026 Additionally, compared to conventional silk, the worms with altered diets produced silk that shrank less than a quarter as much as conventional silk. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 27 July 2026

Verb

By trading Burakovsky, signing Roman Kantserov, re-signing Connor Bedard, acquiring Bowen Bryam and Jordan Greenway, and signing Patrick Kane, Ian Cole and Cole Smith, the Blackhawks altered their present and future. — Scott Powers, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The government said there were no indications that any data was altered or deleted. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for altered

Recent Examples of Synonyms for altered

Adjective

All adoptable pets are spayed, neutered and up to date on vaccines and tests.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
This reader hopes that will be a rebuttal to all the dubious America 250 content flooding orgs beholden to the neutered NEA.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

Definition of neutered

Verb

Unless cargo ship designs are modified to deter or push aside these emergent threats, and new merchant ships get built to fight through damage, cargo traffic near maritime chokepoints will have an increasingly tough time.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The game traces its roots to 1964 when engineer Charles Fairbanks modified a softball by inserting an electronic beeping device so blind children could play.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of modified

Verb

The science is catching up to what consumers have been smelling for decades and that science shows aroma is engineerable rather than fixed, with entire families of previously unidentified compounds still being mapped.

— Peter Su, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
And those rates are fixed, allowing savers to earn a predictable return in an otherwise unpredictable economy.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of fixed

Adjective

Ted Lasso, forever more interested in preserving an atmosphere of sterile niceness than grappling with complex humanity, isn’t it.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
West designs and manufactures elastomer stoppers and seals that keep vials sterile, prefillable syringe systems and self-injection cartridges, and wearable patch injectors for continuous drug delivery.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of sterile

Verb

What changed in the past generation is that companies other than banks and consulting firms have disappeared from campus recruiting, and colleges have allowed a recruiting race to the bottom in return.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
The researchers demonstrated the concept using signals whose characteristics changed over time, including handwriting and object movement at different speeds.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of changed

Adjective

Republicans want to scare voters into thinking that if Democrats win the midterm elections, the United States will be on the road to a future in which the Senate is no more—or is, at best, an impotent debate club for elderly statesmen.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
There is no denying that a partner can feel impotent in that moment, but the notion that being absent entirely would improve matters for anyone is laughable.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Definition of impotent

Verb

Barnes & Noble has also remodeled many of its locations, installing modular shelving, improving lighting, and reorganizing how books are presented.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
During a search of the home, detectives determined it had been recently remodeled, Facklam said.

— Barbara Vitello, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of remodeled

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