transpose

transpose

verb

Definition of TRANSPOSE

1

to change in form, appearance, or use <contends that popular culture has transposed Christmas from a religious feast into a celebration of consumerism>

Synonyms alchemize, make over, metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate

Related Words adjust, alter, modify, recast; redefine, redesign, redo, reengineer, refashion, regenerate, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary; deform, disfigure, distort, mutate, transmogrify; displace, replace, substitute, supplant

2

to change the place or position of <after the ex-governor's scandals belatedly came to light, his portrait was transposed to a quiet corner of the statehouse>

Synonyms budge, dislocate, displace, disturb, relocate, remove, reposition, shift, transfer, transpose

Related Words bear, carry, cart, convey, drive, haul, lug, tote, transmit, transplant, transport; replace, supersede, supplant; alter, make over, modify, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary

Near Antonyms anchor, fix, freeze, moor, secure, set, stabilize; embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root