All alternating synonyms
al·ter·nate
A a adjective alternating
- succedent — following or succeeding; subsequent.
- in order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- alternate — When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
- seriate — arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- in a row — lined up
- varying — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
- intermittent — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- in line — (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- successive — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- regular — usual; normal; customary: to put something in its regular place.
adverb alternating
- from pillar to post — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- back and forth — If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
- up and down — moving in or related to a direction that is up or is regarded as up: the up elevator; the up train traveling north; the up platform of a railroad station.