SWITCHED Synonyms: 176 Similar and Opposite Words

switched

verb

past tense of switch

as in swapped

to give up (something) and take something else in return switched the real grapes for fake ones switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday

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as in flicked

to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud

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as in whipped

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible switched the stagecoach horses to control the direction they took

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as in reversed

to change (as an opinion) to the contrary a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues

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as in licked

to strike repeatedly the loose rigging switched the mast during the storm

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Recent Examples of switched Raman has also switched sides on some less incendiary topics. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Countries including Nauru, Honduras and Nicaragua have switched allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing in recent years. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 At one point, the singer switched to beige ballerina shoes to show off her moves against a pink ballet rail. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2026 Called PhotoTat, the inks can be switched between almost invisible and brightly coloured states using different kinds of light. — Mike McRae 09, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2026 The incident led the Idaho Legislature the next year to pass a law that switched the state to a firing squad as its primary execution method. — Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026 After a federal court prohibited further nitrogen executions, the state switched back to the old, broken method. — Maya Foa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 The tone switched quickly between the intimate and the political. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 By March 19, 1981, Pioneer Venus had mapped 93% of the area within sight of its instruments, so NASA switched its mapping radar off. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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Roberts had swapped Hernández and slumping Will Smith in the batting order, moving Hernández up to third and Smith down to fifth.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Factories first swapped the central steam plant that drove every machine through a system of rotating shafts for an electric motor.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of swapped

Verb

Paul Marie flicked a ball off the outside of his foot to Judd, who scored on a volley from the edge of the 6-yard box to give the Earthquakes a 3-0 lead in the 29th.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Reus played a free kick from near the left end line to the near post, where Klauss flicked in a header in the 76th minute.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of flicked

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After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipped

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In Texas, Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico has reversed his past support for transgender athletes.

— Dorian Rhea Debussy, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
Oil reversed its losses after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed such a ceasefire, but warned Monday that Moscow must do the same.

— Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask,Lee Ying Shan,Sarah Min, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of reversed

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Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.

— Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of licked

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Jackson struck Chubb after the two exchanged words following the Bills' 37-34 overtime victory over the Rams at SoFi Stadium.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
In sharp contrast to sprawling industry conferences or high-volume networking mixers where business cards are exchanged in seven-minute increments, these occasions are engineered for depth, the co-founders said.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of exchanged

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The carrier also slashed earnings for basic economy flights, following earlier changes to the same practice by American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

— Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
The second man pulled a knife and slashed the first in the abdomen, police said.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

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