Home › Words › A › alterednessalterednessalteredness means the state or condition of being altered.EtymologyFrom altered + -ness.nounThe state or condition of being altered.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.alteration 76% match — The act of altering or making different. vs alteredness →alterated 75% match — altered; changed vs alteredness →alterableness 75% match — The state or quality of being alterable. vs alteredness →altering 70% match — alteration vs alteredness →alternateness 70% match — The state or quality of being alternate. vs alteredness →alterability 69% match — The property of being alterable. vs alteredness →alterant 66% match — Something that causes alteration, that alters. vs alteredness →alterative 66% match — A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc. vs alteredness →