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| Main Entry: | transformation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete change |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, alteration, changeover, conversion, flip-flop*, metamorphosis, renewal, revolution, shift, switch, transmutation, radical change, transfiguration, transmogrification |
| Antonyms: | preservation, sameness, stagnation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, correction, difference, exchange, fixing, flip-flop*, metamorphosis, modification, mutation, reformation, remodeling, revision, shift, switch, transformation, transmutation, turn, variance, variation, diversification, mid-course correction, reshaping, switch-over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, adaptation |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, alteration, change of heart, changeover, exchange, flip-flop*, flux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, qualification, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation, reorganization, resolution, reversal, switch, transformation, translation, transmutation, born again, metanoia, metasis, proselytization, regeneration, remodelling, resolving, see the light, transfiguration, transmogrification, turning, turning around |
| Antonyms: | idleness, sameness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, progress |
| Synonyms: | change, enlargement, expansion, flowering, growth, increase, progression, transformation, evolvement, maturation, natural process, unfolding, working out |
| Antonyms: | decrease, halt, stoppage, blockage |
| Main Entry: | mutation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | metamorphosis |
| Synonyms: | alteration, anomaly, change, deviant, deviation, evolution, innovation, modification, mutant, novelty, permutation, transformation, variation, vicissitude, transfiguration |
| Antonyms: | inaction, stagnation |
| Main Entry: | switch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, exchange |
| Synonyms: | about-face, alteration, reversal, shift, substitution, swap, transformation, change of direction |
| Antonyms: | stagnation, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | transition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, often major |
| Synonyms: | alteration, changeover, conversion, development, evolution, flux, growth, metamorphosis, passage, passing, progress, progression, shift, transformation, transit, transmutation, turn, turning point, upheaval, metastasis, realignment |
| Antonyms: | beginning, conclusion, end, finish, introduction, sameness, stagnation, start |
| Main Entry: | sea change |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major change |
| Synonyms: | conversion, metamorphosis, quantum leap, transformation, upheaval, break with the past, marked transformation, quantum jump, radical change, revolutionary change, sudden change, total change, transfiguration |
| Main Entry: | adaptation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of adapting |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, adoption, alteration, conversion, modification, remodeling, shift, transformation, variation, refitting, reworking |
| 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, diversity, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, modulation, mutation, novelty, permutation, reconstruction, refinement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, transformation, transition, transmutation, turn, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude, diversification, tempering, turnover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | shift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | switch, fluctuation |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, alteration, bend, change, changeover, conversion, deviation, double, fault, modification, move, passage, permutation, removal, substitution, tack, transfer, transformation, transit, turn, variation, veering, yaw, deflection, displacement, rearrangement, shifting, transference, translocation |
| Antonyms: | maintenance, stagnation, deactivation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reformation |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | the act of reforming |
| Synonyms: | alteration, amendment, change, correction, improvement, reconstruction, reform, rehabilitation, renewal, renovation, reorganization, transformation, realignment, rearrangement, reworking, shifting |
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