Synonyms of the word

transmutation

• n. (obsolete) Change, alteration.
• n. The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
• n. (alchemy) Specifically, the supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base…
• n. (physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.

alteration

• n. The act of altering or making different.
• n. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

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.

conversion

• n. The act of converting something or someone.
• n. (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
• n. (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
• n. (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
• n. (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the…
• n. (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended…
• n. (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently…
• n. (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the…
• n. (obsolete) The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.
• n. (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of…
• n. (mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.

modification

• n. the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.
• n. an alteration or adjustment to something.
• n. a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
• n. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
• n. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in…

shift

• n. (historical) A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
• n. A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
• n. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
• n. (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
• n. Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
• n. (computing) A bit shift.
• n. (baseball) The infield shift.
• n. (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of sexual petting.
• n. (archaic) A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail.
• n. (archaic) A trick, an artifice.
• n. In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed…
• n. (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
• v. (transitive) To change, swap.
• v. (transitive) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
• v. (intransitive) To change position.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes.
• v. (intransitive) To change gears (in a car).
• v. (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
• v. (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
• v. (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare…
• v. (transitive, computing) To remove the first value from an array.
• v. (transitive) To dispose of.
• v. (intransitive) To hurry.
• v. (Ireland, vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual petting.
• v. (obsolete) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
• v. To practice indirect or evasive methods.

transformation

• n. The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
• n. A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
• n. (mathematics) The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of…
• n. (linguistics) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived…
• n. (genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if…
• n. (politics, South Africa) Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist…

transubstantiation

• n. Conversion of one substance into another.
• n. (Christianity, in Roman Catholic dogma) The doctrine holding that the bread and wine of the Eucharist…