THESAURUS
checker
alter, ameliorate, band, bar, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blotch, bottom out, break, change, check, chop, chop and change, come about, come around, come round, dapple, degenerate, deteriorate, deviate, diverge, diversify, dot, flake, fleck, flop, freckle, harlequin, haul around, improve, iris, jibe, maculate, marble, marbleize, meliorate, mitigate, modulate, motley, mottle, mutate, pepper, polychrome, polychromize, rainbow, revive, shift, spangle, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stigmatize, stipple, streak, striate, stripe, stud, swerve, tack, take a turn, tattoo, tessellate, turn, turn aside, turn into, turn the corner, undergo a change, variegate, vary, veer, vein, warp, worsen
ROGET THESAURUS
checker
Variegation
VB
be variegated, variegate, stripe, streak,
checker, chequer, bespeckle, speckle, besprinkle, sprinkle, stipple, maculate, dot, bespot, tattoo, inlay, damascene, embroider, braid, quilt.