ALTERS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

alters

verb

present tense third-person singular of alter

as in modifies

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 fixes

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 alters According to Beemiller, alcohol alters appetite-regulating signals and affects the brain’s reward circuits. —

Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026 That shift slightly alters the stars' structure and luminosity, leaving relatively few stars at certain brightness levels. —

Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 4 June 2026 The shift toward a lithium-air framework alters the structural design that has governed electric transport for decades. —

Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026 What researchers do know is how consuming weed alters sleep patterns. —

Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 3 June 2026 Depending on how the PGA Tour alters its schedule in 2028, Colonial and Fort Worth could be a place where some of the golf’s bigger names make a point to play. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2026 Today, past patterns are even less useful for predicting the weather, as climate change alters global weather patterns and drives record-breaking storms and heat waves. —

Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 27 May 2026 The authors wrote that rocket soot increases stratospheric temperatures, alters atmospheric circulation and depletes the ozone layer. —

Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 The Spaniard, who has a contract that runs until 2029 with no termination clause, alters schedules at late notice. —

Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 21 May 2026

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The company’s claim is that MST modifies the mechanical stress state of the silicon surface in a way that discourages dislocation nucleation and propagation during the subsequent GaN growth steps.

— Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
This bill modifies the sales-in-error regulations to create a new category for any current outstanding certificates to be automatically declared in error, meaning those sales will be reversed, tax buyers will be refunded and the process will restart under the new statute.

— Jenna Schweikert, CBS News, 1 June 2026