alternate
verb
• occur in turn repeatedly.
• "bouts of depression alternate with periods of elation"
Similar:
be interspersed,
follow one another,
be staggered,
take turns,
take it in turns,
work/act in sequence,
occur in turn,
occur in rotation,
rotate,
oscillate,
see-saw,
yo-yo,
chop and change,
fluctuate,
alternate
adjective
• every other; every second.
• "she was asked to attend on alternate days"
Similar:
every other,
every second,
• another term for alternative.
• "a novel set in an alternate universe"
Similar:
alternative,
other,
another,
second,
different,
possible,
substitute,
replacement,
deputy,
relief,
proxy,
surrogate,
cover,
fill-in,
stand-in,
standby,
emergency,
reserve,
backup,
auxiliary,
fallback,
pinch-hitting,
alternate
noun
• a person who acts as a deputy or substitute.
• "he shall be entitled to exercise the vote of the director for whom he is an alternate"
Origin:
early 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as alternation ): from Latin alternat- ‘done by turns’, from alternare, from alternus ‘every other’, from alter ‘other’.