Synonyms of the word transfigure


TRANSFIGUREALTER - CHANGE - GLORIFY - METAMORPHOSE - MODIFY - REVERSE - SPIRITUALIZE - TRANSMOGRIFY - TURN

transfigure

  • v. To transform the outward appearance of something; to convert into a different form, state or substance.
  • v. To glorify or exalt something or someone.

alter

  • v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
  • v. (intransitive) To become different.
  • v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  • v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

change

  • v. (intransitive) To become something different.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
  • v. (transitive) To replace.
  • v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
  • v. (archaic) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
  • n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
  • n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  • n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
  • n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
  • n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
  • n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
  • n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
  • n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  • n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
  • n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

glorify

  • v. (transitive) To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
  • v. (transitive) To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone excellent…
  • v. (transitive) To worship or extol.

metamorphose

  • v. (of a moth or insect) to undergo metamorphosis.
  • v. to transform (something) into a completely different appearance.

modify

  • v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
  • v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

reverse

  • adj. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
  • adj. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
  • adj. (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
  • adj. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
  • adj. (botany) Reversed.
  • adj. (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
  • adv. (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
  • n. The opposite of something.
  • n. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
  • n. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
  • n. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
  • n. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
  • n. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
  • n. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
  • n. (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
  • v. (intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
  • v. (intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
  • v. (intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
  • v. (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
  • v. (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
  • v. (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
  • v. (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
  • v. (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position.
  • v. (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position.
  • v. To overthrow; to subvert.

spiritualize

  • v. To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality.
  • v. To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual…
  • v. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; opposed to literalize.
  • v. (chemistry, obsolete) To extract spirit.
  • v. (chemistry, obsolete) To convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.

transmogrify

  • v. (transitive) To completely alter the form of.
  • v. (intransitive) To completely alter one's form.

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

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