Word.ws English Dictionary

switch out

switch out verb: to exchange or swap one (person, thing, etc.) for another.

Verb

switch out (third-person singular simple present switches out, present participle switching out, simple past and past participle switched out)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To exchange or swap one (person, thing, etc.) for another.
    • I would like to switch my phone out for a newer one.
    • Disconnect power before switching out the graphics card.
    Synonyms:
    switch, swap out
    Antonyms:
    swap in
  2. (UK, transitive) To switch off; to turn off.
    • Switch the lights out at bedtime.
    • The PSB [power signal box] was switched out by engineers in December, marking the end of 56 years of duty. At its peak in the 1960s, it controlled up to 1,200 trains per day.2023 March 22, “Network News: One-off tours of New Street PSB”, in RAIL, number 979, page 10
    Synonyms:
    turn out, outen

Synonyms of switch out

Antonyms

Forms of switch out

third-person singular presentswitches out
present participleswitching out
past participleswitched out
pastswitched out

Words formed from switch out

Questions about switch out

What does switch out mean?
Switch out means to exchange or swap one (person, thing, etc.) for another.
What part of speech is switch out?
Switch out is a verb.
What is the past tense of switch out?
The past tense of switch out is switched out.

Words near switch out in the dictionary

  1. switch keeper
  2. switch keepers
  3. switch off
  4. switch on
  5. switch on the afterburners
  6. switch out
  7. switch pitcher
  8. switch pitchers
  9. switch selling
  10. switch tack
  11. switch teams

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: switch out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “switch out.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/switch_out. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.