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Synonyms for transition

  • noun

Most common

gender transition

All synonyms

Noun

1. Conversion

change-over, conversion

Other

change, passage, modulation, transmutation, gender transition

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.

Related words

Word family
transit transitional
Phrases
transition matrix phase transition transition function transition house transition map transition element transition metal gender transition

Forms

Plural
transitions → change-overs, conversions, changes, passages…

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Transition or Change?

Transition is change by passing from one place or state to another, especially in a natural, regular, or orderly way; as, the transition from spring to summer, or from youth to manhood.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
transitionsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
change1
7 letters
passage2
10 letters
conversion3, modulation4
13 letters
transmutation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (passage2 = 2 syllables).

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Français
transition
Italiano
transizione
Español
transición
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