| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
Synonyms: |
adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, correct mid-course, develop, dial back, diversify, doctor, fine tune, make different, metamorphose, modify, mutate, phony up, recalibrate, recast, reconstruct, refashion, reform, remodel, renovate, reshape, revamp, revise, shift, transform, transmute, turn, vary |
Antonyms: |
continue, fix, keep, let stand, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain |
| Main Entry: | alteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
Synonyms: |
about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, correction, difference, diversification, exchange, fixing, flip-flop, metamorphosis, mid-course correction, modification, mutation, reformation, remodeling, reshaping, revision, shift, switch, switch-over, transformation, transmutation, turn, variance, variation |
| Main Entry: | become |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evolve into |
Synonyms: |
alter to, assume form of, be converted to, be reduced to, be reformed, be remodeled, be transformed into, change into, come, come to be, convert, develop into, emerge as, eventually be, grow into, incline, mature, metamorphose, pass into, ripen into, shift, turn into, turn out, wax |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something made different; alteration |
Synonyms: |
about-face, addition, adjustment, advance, break, compression, contraction, conversion, correction, development, difference, distortion, diversification, diversity, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, modulation, mutation, novelty, permutation, reconstruction, refinement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, tempering, transformation, transition, transmutation, turn, turnover, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become different |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, make innovations, make over, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, recondition, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remake, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, restyle, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, tamper with, temper, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp |
Antonyms: |
continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | commute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange, trade |
Synonyms: |
barter, change, convert, interchange, metamorphose, substitute, switch, transfer, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose |
Antonyms: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | conversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, adaptation |
Synonyms: |
about-face, alteration, born again, change of heart, changeover, exchange, flip-flop, flux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, metanoia, metasis, modification, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, proselytization, qualification, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation, regeneration, remodelling, reorganization, resolution, resolving, reversal, see the light, switch, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, turning, turning around |
Antonyms: |
idleness, sameness |
| Main Entry: | convert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change; adapt |
Synonyms: |
alter, apply, appropriate, commute, downlink, download, interchange, make, metamorphose, modify, remodel, reorganize, restyle, revise, switch, switch over, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, turn |
Antonyms: |
endure, hold, idle, keep, persist, remain, stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | materialize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being |
Synonyms: |
actualize, appear, be incarnate, be realized, become concrete, become real, become visual, coalesce, come about, come to pass, corporealize, develop, embody, emerge, entify, evolve, exteriorize, externalize, happen, hypostatize, make real, manifest, metamorphose, objectify, occur, personalize, personify, personize, pragmatize, realize, reify, substantialize, substantiate, symbolize, take form, take place, take shape, turn up, typify, unfold, visualize |
| Main Entry: | metamorphose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | convert, transform |
Synonyms: |
age, alter, be reborn, change, commute, develop, diverge, mature, mutate, remake, remodel, reshape, ripen, transfigure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transubstantiate, vary |
Antonyms: |
stagnate |