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• superseded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• rescinded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• repealed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

An indication of Madjo’s physicality and danger, Marquinhos and his partner Willian Pacho, the bigger man, switched, with the latter marking the forward. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

All three Cabinet members were aware that Trump had secretly switched from the old Air Force One jet to the military aircraft given the threat, sources said. — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

The electrical response could therefore be switched without substantially changing the material’s underlying magnetic interactions. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Although Monroe has since switched to partisan municipal elections, Anderson was elected under the city’s previous nonpartisan system. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026

That's not the first time a president surreptitiously switched planes. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

In 2000, President Bill Clinton secretly switched to an unmarked plane for a trip to Pakistan. — Philip Wang, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

The district just switched to a new email system and a glitch initially allowed anyone to reply to all to a routine back-to-school email. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

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