| Main Entry: | revolutionize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transform |
Synonyms: |
change, recast, refashion, reform, remodel |
| 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: | disobey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard rules; refuse to conform |
Synonyms: |
balk, be remiss, break rules, contravene, counteract, dare, decline, defy, desert, differ, disagree, evade, flout, fly in face of, go counter to, ignore, infringe, insurrect, misbehave, mutiny, neglect, not heed, not listen, not mind, object, overstep, pay no attention to, rebel, recalcitrate, resist, revolt, revolution, revolutionize, riot, rise in arms, run riot, set aside, shirk, strike, take law into own hands, transgress, violate, withstand |
Antonyms: |
conform, go along, obey, oblige, regard, submit |
| Main Entry: | reform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, rectify |
Synonyms: |
ameliorate, amend, better, bring up to code, change one's ways, clean up, clean up one's act, convert, correct, cure, emend, go straight, improve, make amends, make over, mend, rearrange, rebuild, reclaim, reconstitute, reconstruct, redeem, refashion, regenerate, rehabilitate, remake, remedy, remodel, renew, renovate, reorganize, repair, resolve, restore, revise, revolutionize, rework, shape up, standardize, swear off, transform, turn over a new leaf, uplift |
Antonyms: |
hurt, impair, worsen |
| Main Entry: | transform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change completely |
Synonyms: |
alter, commute, convert, cook, denature, doctor, make over, metamorphose, mold, mutate, reconstruct, remodel, renew, revamp, revolutionize, shift gears, sing different tune, switch, switch over, transfer, transfigure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, turn around, turn over new leaf, turn the corner, turn the tables |
Antonyms: |
leave alone, preserve, stagnate |
| Concept: | [Difference at different times] Change. |
| Category: | 1. SIMPLE CHANGE |
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-nouns
change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution; diversion; break., transformation, transfiguration; metamorphosis; transmutation; deoxidization; transubstantiation; mutagenesis, transanimation, transmigration, metempsychosis; avatar; alterative., conversion (gradual change); revolution (sudden or radical change); inversion (reversal); displacement; transference., changeableness; tergiversation (change of mind).
-verbs
change, alter, vary, wax and wane; modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with; turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert; pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume., work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce; transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume; metamorphose, ring the changes., innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards; give a turn to, give a color to; influence, turn the scale; shift the scene, turn over a new leaf., recast; reverse; disturb; convert into.
-adjectives
changed; newfangled; changeable; transitional; modifiable; alterative.
-adverbs
mutatis mutandis ["The necessary changes having been made" (Latin)].
-phrases
"a change came o'er the spirit of my dream" [Byron]; nous avons changé tout cela [Molière. "We have changed all that" (French)]; tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis ["The times are changed even as we are changed in them" (Latin)]; non sum qualis eram [Horace. "I am not as I used to be" (Latin)]; casaque tourner; corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur [Tacitus. "Bodies grow slowly but are snuffed out quickly" (Latin)]; in statu quo ante bellum ["In the state in which it was before the war" (Latin)]; "still ending and beginning still" [Cowper]; vox audita perit littera scripta manet ["The voice heard vanishes, the letter written
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Antonyms: |
permanence |
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