Synonyms for transmute
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Verb
1. Transform
transform, metamorphose, convert, change, transpose, transfigure, transmogrify, transubstantiate, alchemise, transume dated
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Definitions
- v. 1
To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.
Did the base metals transmute to gold?
Forms
- Past participle
- transmuted
e.g. transmuted → transformed, metamorphosed, converted, changed…
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To transmute is to change the qualities while the substance remains the same; as, to transmute the baser metals into gold. To turn is a popular word for change in any sense short of the meaning of exchange, being often equivalent to alter, convert, transform, transmute, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- convert I haven't come here to convert anyone to anything.
- transform Tebboune is trying to transform Algeria's economy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| transmute | steady | |
| convert | steady | |
| transform | rising | |
| transpose | rising | |
| metamorphose | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- change1
- 7 letters
- convert2
- 8 letters
- transume
- 9 letters
- transform2, transpose2, alchemise
- 11 letters
- transfigure
- 12 letters
- metamorphose4, transmogrify
- 13 letters
- transfigurate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (convert2 = 2 syllables).