alternating

Verb

• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
• exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
• be an understudy or alternate for a role
• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
• do something in turns
• present participle and gerund of alternate

Adjective

• (of a current) reversing direction
  • "alternating current"

Adjective Satellite

• occurring by turns; first one and then the other
  • "alternating feelings of love and hate"

Adj

• That alternates.
• Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
• Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
• Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.

Synonyms

alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, jump, switch, tack, take turns, understudy

Antonyms

direct

Anagrams of alternating