CHANGED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

changed

verb

past tense of change

as in modified

to make different in some way my wife has changed the look of our living room more times than we care to remember

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as in shifted

to pass from one form, state, or level to another the weather in New England is constantly changing

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as in exchanged

to give up (something) and take something else in return would you mind changing your seat so my friends can sit together?

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Recent Examples of changed Also check whether the company has changed its privacy policy or added new controls. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 If records are made to be broken, then stats are made to be changed. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 The researchers placed them inside YbSb₂ and watched how their spins changed as the material crossed into its superconducting state. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 True-crime media has changed over the last decade, explains Jason Sarlanis, president of Investigation Discovery, which helped produce the series. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 Tennessee changed its lethal injection protocol in 2024, abandoning its previous three-drug method in favor of the single drug pentobarbital, which slows down a person’s nervous system. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026 Minogue then changed into a minidress made from a vintage jersey T-shirt with a lace-up detail down the side, finished with leather piping, corsetry ribbon and gold hotfix crystals. — Patty Huntington, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026 And while the platform and culture may have changed, the thrill of the hunt—and occasional buyer’s remorse—has not. — Adam Erace, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 After budget deliberations this summer, state legislators changed course and decided to partially fund the program. — Priyanka D McCluskey, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for changed

Verb

Mercedes-Benz Stadium will also be modified to accommodate the team before its inaugural season.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
These devices were first built for high-energy particle physics but later modified to serve as light sources.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of modified

Verb

The Dayton area has shed about half of its 90,000 factory jobs since 1990, according to federal data, after the North American Free Trade Agreement shifted many jobs to Mexico where auto parts could be made more cheaply.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, consumer priorities have shifted.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of shifted

Verb

No payment is requested or exchanged at any point during the selection, evaluation or ranking process; inclusion is based solely on the methodology.

— Kelli Grant, CFP®,Riley de León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Fresh off the heels of Thom Browne’s New York Fashion Week presentation, where models and dancers embodied bugs and butterflies, the designer exchanged emails with Tyler Matthew Oyer about his creative process.

— Tyler Matthew Oyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of exchanged

Verb

Kahn also pointed to companies that dropped agents into existing workflows, or swapped an employee for one.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
The watch, released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Overseas, comes with three interchangeable straps that can be swapped without tools.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of swapped

Verb

Inside, the kitchen was spacious and new, with lots of counter space and an island, and the bathrooms were remodeled.

— Shannon Sims, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
In 2001, the architecture critic and scholar Robin Middleton bought a former tile factory on East 13th Street and remodeled it to match his unconventional life.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of remodeled

Verb

The number of servers running the software has fluctuated from 19,000 in the week following the patch to about 12,000 in the weeks following that.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026
Since then, the results have fluctuated between middling and downright putrid, and entering this year, Aranda was said to be on his last leg.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026