Synonyms of switched

switched

verb

past tense of switch

1

as in swapped

to give up (something) and take something else in return

switched the real grapes for fake ones

switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swapped
• exchanged
• traded
• substituted
• changed
• replaced
• shifted
• commuted
• superseded
• interchanged
• displaced
• ceded
• surrendered
• yielded
• handed over
• reciprocated

2

as in flicked

to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions

cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flicked
• swung
• flapped
• twitched
• jerked
• swished
• bobbed
• waggled
• swayed
• wagged
• waved
• oscillated
• wavered
• fluttered
• rocked
• flickered
• shook
• whipped
• flopped
• lashed
• flailed
• wiggled
• jolted
• nodded
• jiggled
• jogged
• beat
• jigged
• joggled

3

as in whipped

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

switched the stagecoach horses to control the direction they took

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipped
• flicked
• slashed
• lashed
• hided
• hit
• slapped
• knocked
• cut
• thrashed
• flailed
• licked
• punched
• spanked
• flagellated
• flogged
• smacked
• clipped
• batted
• tanned
• swiped
• banged
• horsewhipped
• strapped
• scourged
• whacked
• pounded
• whaled
• rawhided
• leathered
• cowhided
• mauled
• birched
• clapped
• thumped
• beat
• boxed
• swatted
• knouted
• caned
• quirted
• cracked
• touched up
• socked
• pelted
• clobbered
• clubbed
• bopped
• pasted
• slugged
• bashed
• hammered
• slated
• pummeled
• busted
• bunged
• mangled
• battered
• laced
• lambasted
• worked over
• lathered
• paddled
• buffeted
• blackjacked
• cuffed
• roughed
• walloped
• cudgeled
• bludgeoned
• thwacked
• smote
• belted
• fustigated
• clouted
• slogged
• fibbed
• tromped
• basted
• whupped
• belabored
• lammed
• pommeled
• threshed
• pistol-whipped
• drubbed
• whopped

4

as in reversed

to change (as an opinion) to the contrary

a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reversed
• overturned
• revoked
• reverted
• struck down
• abrogated
• rescinded
• annulled
• repealed
• countermanded
• backtracked
• about-faced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• maintained
• supported
• upheld

5

as in licked

to strike repeatedly

the loose rigging switched the mast during the storm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licked
• pounded
• lashed
• whipped
• attacked
• knocked
• did
• slapped
• hit
• pelted
• thumped
• slammed
• battered
• beat
• punched
• batted
• smashed
• hided
• assaulted
• spanked
• chopped
• bashed
• hammered
• pummeled
• raided
• slated
• smacked
• laced
• lambasted
• swiped
• whacked
• thrashed
• mauled
• lathered
• punched out
• worked over
• boxed
• paddled
• buffeted
• clubbed
• curried
• bludgeoned
• walloped
• belted
• slogged
• fibbed
• tromped
• stormed
• flogged
• tanned
• basted
• whupped
• pommeled
• cracked
• belabored
• rushed
• whaled
• drubbed
• threshed
• swatted
• roughed (up)
• messed (up)
• strapped
• birched
• pasted
• clobbered
• wounded
• bunged up
• assailed
• laid on
• whopped
• socked
• beat up on
• descended (on or upon)
• busted
• jumped (on)
• cuffed
• beset
• thwacked
• clouted
• pounced (on or upon)
• whomped
• whammed
• flagellated
• cudgeled
• caned
• blackjacked
• mangled
• lammed
• horsewhipped
• lacerated
• scourged
• mutilated
• fustigated
• rawhided
• cowhided
• leathered
• gored
• pistol-whipped
• maimed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of switched

Johnson, a onetime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party in 2023, explicitly called out California and New York in an interview with NPR. — Maria Aspan, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Some farmers switched to water-efficient crops, and others didn't irrigate at all on parts of their land, according to the Colorado Sun. — Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

The main adjustments for this season were by DC Jim Leonhard, who switched to a 3-4 scheme, and the addition of edge rusher Bradley Chubb. — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Workers switched to manual operations or used backup procedures to keep essential services running. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

And the endorsement, which narrowly failed to clear the 60% threshold on its first vote, only occurred after two delegates switched sides on a subsequent round. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026

The lawsuit was filed in November 2023, three months after the Wisconsin Supreme Court switched from majority conservative control to a majority of liberal justices. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

At the Rome, Italy, premiere of Brand New Day, Holland switched things up by using a different name for his wife. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026

The ugly Framework has switched to an exotic new upgradeable LPDDR5X RAM format just in time for those modules to become astronomically expensive. — ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026