5 Letters
3 Consonants
2 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use alter as a verb in a sentence.
About Alter
A 2 syllables verb and 5 letters with the letters a, e, l, r, and t, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter t. Alter starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, al, alt, alte, and the ending characters are r, er, ter, lter, ..
Definition
Remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
Origin/Roots
Old French
School Grade
Alter is set as a sat word that starts with a, ends with r, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
Scrabble
Is alter a scrabble word? A 5 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Alter in Pig Latin is said as "alteray or alterway".
Unigram
a | l | t | e | r
Bigram
al | lt | te | er
Trigram
alt | lte | ter
Quadrigram
alte | lter
Word Gram
Verb Examples
remove the ovaries of;
"Is your cat spayed?"
make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence;
"her mood changes in accordance with the weather";
"The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
cause to change;
make different;
cause a transformation;
"The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city";
"The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
make an alteration to;
"This dress needs to be altered"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Alter"

There are 217 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to alter.

SynonymDefinition
Abatebecome less in amount or intensity
"The storm abated"
"The rain let up after a few hours"
Accommodatemake fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
"Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
Adaptadapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
"We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
Adjustadapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
"We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
Adjust To
Alleviateprovide physical relief, as from pain
"This pill will relieve your headaches"
Alterremove the ovaries of
"Is your cat spayed?"
Alter Into
Ameliorateget better
"The weather improved toward evening"
Assuageprovide physical relief, as from pain
"This pill will relieve your headaches"

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Anagrams

There are 4 anagrams from alter.

Anagram Definition
Ratelnocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia
Alertan automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
Alterremove the ovaries of
"Is your cat spayed?"
Laterhappening at a time subsequent to a reference time
"he apologized subsequently"
"he''s going to the store but he''ll be back here later"
"it didn''t happen until afterward"
"two hours after that"

View English words with the unique letters used in alter. Words With The Letters Aelrt

Derives

Alter derives from 6 words.

Word Definition
Alteringthe sterilization of an animal
"they took him to the vet for neutering"
Castrationthe deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
Fixingthe act of putting something in working order again
Neutera gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
Neuteringthe sterilization of an animal
"they took him to the vet for neutering"
Spayingneutering a female by removing the ovaries

Hypernyms

Alter has 3 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Fixa determination of the location of something
"he got a good fix on the target"
Sterilisemake infertile
"in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"
Sterilizemake infertile
"in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"

Hyponyms

There are 2 hyponyms for alter

Word Definition
Defeminiseremove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
Defeminizeremove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)

Names With The Word "Alter"

26 names are spelled with alter.

NameMaleFemale
WalterYesNo
WalterineNoNo
AlterYesNo
WaltersNoNo
AltermeaseNoNo

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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word alter.

Is alter a scrabble word or can you use alter in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 4841 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 4679 games. This 5 letter 5 point scrabble word can be rearranged 120 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, e, l, r, and t? There's 26 with 7 letters or less with the letters a, e, l, r, and t. Here is a list of 25 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Travel (6 letters) 9 +4 11 +5 lervat
Lateral (7 letters) 7 +2 9 +3 lateral
Rattle (6 letters) 6 +1 7 +1 tlrtae
Rattler (7 letters) 7 +2 8 +2 rattler
Tattler (7 letters) 7 +2 8 +2 tattler
Elater (6 letters) 6 +1 7 +1 aeelrt
Ratel (5 letters) 5 6 ratle
Lazaret (7 letters) 16 +11 17 +11 lazaret
Trawler (7 letters) 10 +5 11 +5 aelrrtw
Alert (5 letters) 5 6 ratle
Tartlet (7 letters) 7 +2 8 +2 tattler
Varlet (6 letters) 9 +4 11 +5 lervat
Vaulter (7 letters) 10 +5 13 +7 vaulter
Waltzer (7 letters) 19 +14 20 +14 waltzer
Walter (6 letters) 9 +4 10 +4 walter
Realty (6 letters) 9 +4 9 +3 realty
Latter (6 letters) 6 +1 7 +1 tlrtae
Alter (5 letters) 5 6 ratle
Relate (6 letters) 6 +1 7 +1 aeelrt
Retral (6 letters) 6 +1 7 +1 retral
Tutelar (7 letters) 7 +2 9 +3 aelrttu
Lyrate (6 letters) 9 +4 9 +3 realty
Later (5 letters) 5 6 ratle
Alertly (7 letters) 10 +5 11 +5 alertly
Alterer (7 letters) 7 +2 8 +2 aeelrrt





     

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