'alteration' definitions:
Definition of 'alteration'
From: WordNet
noun
An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" [syn: change, alteration, modification]
noun
The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) [syn: alteration, modification, adjustment]
noun
The act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" [syn: revision, alteration]
Synonyms of 'alteration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- amelioration,
- analysis,
- anatomization,
- apostasy,
- atomization,
- betterment,
- break,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- changeover,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- demarcation,
- desynonymization,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- differencing,
- differentiation,
- discontinuity,
- discrimination,
- disequalization,
- disjunction,
- distinction,
- distinguishment,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- division,
- fitting,
- flip-flop,
- fluctuation,
- gradual change,
- improvement,
- individualization,
- individuation,
- melioration,
- metamorphosis,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- mutation,
- overthrow,
- particularization,
- passage,
- personalization,
- qualification,
- radical change,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revision,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- segregation,
- separation,
- severalization,
- severance,
- shift,
- shilly-shally,
- specialization,
- sudden change,
- switch,
- total change,
- transformation,
- transit,
- transition,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- upheaval,
- vacillation,
- variation,
- variety,
- violent change,
- wavering,
- worsening