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1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one
and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

2. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.

3. To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

4. To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the
flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.




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advocate double metaphor retaliate swap
agent dummy metonymy return sway
alter ego ebb and flow metronomic return the compliment swing
alternating enlist mock revolve switch
alternative epochal next best thing rhythmic symbol
amicus curiae equal oscillate ride and tie synecdoche
analogy equivalent oscillatory ring the changes take turns
attorney equivocate other ringer teeter
back and fill ersatz paranymph roll around teeter-totter
back-and-forth even pass and repass rotary temporary
backup every other pay back rotate tentative
backup man exchange pendulate rotating tergiversate
bandy exchangeable periodic seasonal third string
battledore and shuttlecock executive officer periodical second time off
be here again exponent permute second in command to-and-fro
be quits with fake personnel second string token
beating figurehead phony secondary totter
champion fill in for pinch seesaw trade
change fill-in pinch hitter serial transpose
changeling flounder pleader serve time turn
circle fluctuate procurator shift understudy
circling get back at provisional shilly-shally undulant
come again get even with proxy shuffle undulate
come and go ghost pulsate shuttle undulatory
come around ghostwriter pulse shuttlecock up-and-down
come round give and take pulsing sign utility
come round again go through phases re-up sign up utility man
come up again have a go reappear sine wave utility player
commute have tenure reciprocal spare vacillate
comparison hitch and hike reciprocate spares variant
compensate hold office reciprocative spell vary
complementary imitation recur spell off vicar
cooperate in rotation recurrent stagger vicar general
copy interchange recurring stand-in vicarious
corresponding interchangeable reenlist steady vice
counterchange intermit relief stopgap vice-president
counterfeit intermittent relieve sub vice-regent
cover isochronal reoccur substituent vicegerent
cycle isochronous repeat substitute wavelike
cyclic keep a watch replacement substitution waver
deputy lieutenant replacing succedaneum wax and wane
dither locum representative succeed wheel
do a hitch locum tenens requite successive wheel around
do a stint logroll reserve superseder wheeling
do a tour makeshift reserves supplanter wibble-wabble
do time measured respond surrogate wigwag