| Main Entry: | quantum leap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden progress |
Synonyms: |
abrupt change, advance, breakthrough, giant strides, inspiration, jump, leaps and bounds, quantum jump, radical change, transilience |
| Main Entry: | revolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drastic action or change, often in politics |
Synonyms: |
anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, coup, coup d'état, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, innovation, insubordination, insurgency, metamorphosis, mutiny, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, radical change, rebellion, reformation, reversal, revolt, rising, row, shake-up, shift, strife, strike, subversion, transformation, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnover, underground activity, unrest, upheaval, uprising, uproar, upset, violence |
| Notes: | rebellion is open resistance to a government or authority; revolution is a rebellion that succeeds in overthrowing the government and establishing a new one |
Antonyms: |
stagnation, submission |
| Main Entry: | transformation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete change |
Synonyms: |
about-face, alteration, changeover, conversion, flip-flop, metamorphosis, radical change, renewal, revolution, shift, switch, transfiguration, transmogrification, transmutation |
Antonyms: |
preservation, sameness, stagnation |
| Main Entry: | sea change |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major change |
Synonyms: |
break with the past, conversion, marked transformation, metamorphosis, quantum jump, quantum leap, radical change, revolutionary change, sudden change, total change, transfiguration, transformation, upheaval |
| Concept: | [Sudden or violent change] Revolution. |
| Category: | 1. SIMPLE CHANGE |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up; destruction; sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change; change of state, phase change; quantum leap, quantum jump; clean sweep, coup d'etat, counter revolution., jump, leap, plunge, jerk, start, transilience; explosion; spasm, convulsion, throe, revulsion; storm, earthquake, cataclysm., legerdemain (trick).
-verbs
revolutionize; new model, remodel, recast; strike out something new, break with the past; change the face of, unsex.
-adjectives
unrecognizable; revolutionary.
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