alternating

Meanings

• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
• exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
• be an understudy or alternate for a role
• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
• do something in turns
• (of a current) reversing direction
  • "alternating current"
• occurring by turns; first one and then the other
  • "alternating feelings of love and hate"

Synonyms

alternate, flip, flip-flop, interchange, jump, switch, tack, take turns, understudy