Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of alter
nounaltered (plural altereds)
plural altereds
- A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.
adjectivealtered (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving been changed from an original form.
Ralph suppressed the indignation which the schoolmaster’s altered and insolent manner awakened, and asked again why he had not sent to him.
1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby - not comparableusually a petNeutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivechanged in form or character without becoming something else
Opposite
adjectivechanged in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُعَدَّل
- مُعَدَّل (muʕaddal)having been changed
Catalan alterat
- alterathaving been changed
Esperanto aliigita
- aliigitahaving been changed
Finnish muuttunut
- muuttunuthaving been changed
French altéré
- altéréhaving been changed
German abgeändert
- abgeänderthaving been changed
Latin immūtātus
- immūtātushaving been changed
Russian изменённый
- изменённый (izmenjónnyj)having been changed
Spanish alterado
- alteradohaving been changed
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
altered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altered
MLA
“altered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altered. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “altered,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/altered.
Source: altered on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.