metamorphosis

metamorphosis

noun

Definition of METAMORPHOSIS

a change in form, appearance, or use <the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies> <the metamorphosis of the abandoned factory into a mixed-use property>

Synonyms changeover, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation

Related Words shift, transition; adjustment, alteration, modification; reconstruction, reconversion, redo, redoing, refashioning, reformation, remaking, remodeling, revamping, revision, reworking, variation; deformation, disfigurement, distortion, mutation, transmutation; displacement, replacement, substitution, supplantation