Antonyms of verb change
1 of 10 senses of change
Sense 2
change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Antonym of stay (Sense 1)
=> stay, remain, rest -- (stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb change
10 senses of change
Sense 1
change, alter, modify -- (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")
Sense 2
change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Sense 3
change, alter, vary -- (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")
Sense 4
switch, shift, change -- (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes")
Sense 5
change -- (change clothes; put on different clothes; "Change before you go to the opera")
=> dress, get dressed -- (put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?")
Sense 6
change, exchange, commute, convert -- (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares")
=> replace -- (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced")
Sense 7
exchange, change, interchange -- (give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year")
=> transfer -- (cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children")
Sense 8
transfer, change -- (change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast")
=> travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")
Sense 9
deepen, change -- (become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password")
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Sense 10
change -- (remove or replace the coverings of; "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens")
=> replace -- (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced")
Antonyms of adj changed
3 senses of changed
Sense 1
changed (vs. unchanged) -- (made or become different in nature or form; "changed attitudes"; "changed styles of dress"; "a greatly changed country after the war")
unchanged (vs. changed) -- (not made or become different; "the causes that produced them have remained unchanged")
=> idempotent -- (unchanged in value following multiplication by itself; "this matrix is idempotent")
=> same (predicate) -- (unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever")
Sense 2
changed -- (made or become different in some respect; "he's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress")
INDIRECT (VIA altered) -> unaltered, unchanged -- (remaining in an original state; "persisting unaltered through time")
Sense 3
changed -- (changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism; "metamorphic rocks")
INDIRECT (VIA metamorphic) -> nonmetamorphic -- (not metamorphic)
Similarity of adj changed
3 senses of changed
Sense 1
changed (vs. unchanged) -- (made or become different in nature or form; "changed attitudes"; "changed styles of dress"; "a greatly changed country after the war")
=> denatured, denaturized, denaturised -- (changed in nature or natural quality; "denatured alcohol")
=> exchanged -- (changed for (replaced by) something different)
=> transformed -- (given a completely different form or appearance; "shocked to see the transformed landscape")
=> varied -- (broken away from sameness or identity or duplication; "her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty")
Sense 2
changed -- (made or become different in some respect; "he's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress")
=> altered (vs. unaltered) -- (changed in form or character without becoming something else; "the altered policy promised success"; "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization"; "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens)
Sense 3
changed -- (changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism; "metamorphic rocks")
=> metamorphic (vs. nonmetamorphic) -- (characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance)
