Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A device or action used to change the flow of electricity, change positions, or exchange things.
Switch
/swɪtʃ/Synonyms:
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This word has no antonymsExamples:
Goldberg rapidly flipped the switches in front of him.
Now he switched to a Geiger counter and called in Irene.
She reached for the switch and turned it on.
Etymology:
The word switch comes from the late 16th century, originally meaning a slender flexible shoot cut from a tree. It is perhaps from Low German swutsch, related to swish. The meaning in the sense of an electrical device is first recorded in 1884.
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