transformative

adjective

trans·​for·​ma·​tive tran(t)s-ˈfȯr-mə-tiv 

: causing or able to cause an important and lasting change in someone or something

a transformative experience

And she'll tell anyone who asks about her transformative weeks working for UNICEF in Congo and Cambodia.

—S. L. Price

It is increasingly hard to escape the conclusion that American politics has entered one of those rare transformative moments that shape the content of our public discourse and the direction of our governance for generations.

—Doug Ireland

Examples of transformative in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some say the results have been transformative. — Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 21 June 2026

Without reparative justice, Juneteenth is muted, symbolic, but not transformative. — Marcus Anthony Hunter, Time, 19 June 2026

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However, the article posits AI's most transformative role will be in revolutionizing the administrative back office of trades like plumbing and HVAC, which largely operate on manual systems. — Joe Toscano, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for transformative

• germinative
• argive
• forgive
• ogive
• outlive
• relive
• corroborative
• determinative
• give
• sieve
• resistive