interchange

Nouns

  • (n) a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
  • (n) mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) give-and-take, reciprocation,
  • (n) the act of changing one thing for another thing
    • Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience
    • there was an interchange of prisoners
    exchange,
  • (n) reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
    • he earns his living from the interchange of currency
    exchange,

Verbs

  • (v) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
    • the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
    • substitute regular milk with fat-free milk
    • synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning
    substitute, replace, exchange,
  • (v) give to, and receive from, one another
    • Would you change places with me?
    • We have been exchanging letters for a year
    exchange, change,
  • (v) cause to change places
    • interchange this screw for one of a smaller size
    counterchange, transpose,
  • (v) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) flip-flop, alternate, tack, switch, flip,

Synonyms

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

Words of close approximity

interchangeability interchangeable interchangeableness interchangeably