interchange

Plural: interchanges

Noun

• a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
• mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
• the act of changing one thing for another thing
  • "there was an interchange of prisoners"
• reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
  • "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"
• An act of interchanging.
• A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
• A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
• A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
• A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange.

Verb

• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
  • "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
• give to, and receive from, one another
• cause to change places
  • "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"
• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
• to switch (each of two things)
• to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
• to swap or change places
• to alternate; to intermingle or vary
• To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).

Examples

• Holborn tube station is the only interchange between the London Underground Central and Piccadilly Lines.
• to interchange places

Synonyms

alternate, change, counterchange, exchange, flip, flip-flop, give-and-take, reciprocation, replace, substitute, switch, tack, transpose, mix, swap, trade

Antonyms

outerchange