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convert

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of convert

1 a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sect

the converts were the most vocal and fervent worshippers in the church

Synonyms of convert

neophyte, proselyte

Words Related to convert

newcomer, novice, novitiate, recruit

2 one who follows the opinions or teachings of another

the British biologist T. H. Huxley was one of the earliest converts to Darwin's theory of evolution

Synonyms of convert

acolyte, adherent, disciple, epigone, follower, liege man, partisan (also partizan), pupil, votarist, votary

Words Related to convert

apostle, missionary, proselytizer, soldier

faithful, loyalist

advocate, backer, champion, supporter

protégé, scholar, student

ideologist, ideologue (also idealogue), sectarian

admirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, idolater (or idolator), worshipper (or worshiper), zealot

apparatchik, camp follower, flunky (also flunkey), hanger-on, henchman, lackey, lickspittle, minion, myrmidon, satellite, stooge, sycophant, toady, yes-man

Near Antonyms of convert

apostate, defector, renegade, traitor, turncoat

Antonyms of convert

coryphaeus, leader

convert

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of convert

1 to persuade to change to one's religious faith

young missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people

Synonyms of convert

proselyte, proselytize

Words Related to convert

brainwash, influence, sway

Near Antonyms of convert

2 to change in form, appearance, or use

the old factory was converted into an apartment building

Synonyms of convert

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

Words Related to convert

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

3 to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request

many who used to insist that global warming was a myth have since been converted

Synonyms of convert

argue, bring, bring around, convince, gain, get, induce, move, persuade, prevail (on or upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)

Words Related to convert

blandish, blarney, cajole, coax, entreat, exhort, fast-talk, urge, wheedle

allure, beguile, lead on, lure, seduce, snow, tempt

brainwash, overpersuade

incline, influence, prompt, sell, sway

attract, draw, entice, interest

chew over, converse, debate, discuss, dispute, hash (over), moot

Near Antonyms of convert

deter, discourage, dissuade, unsell

4 to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right

the bailee converted the goods to his own use

Synonyms of convert

appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, expropriate, pirate, preempt, press, seize, take over, usurp

Words Related to convert

annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequester

assume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrest

despoil, loot, pillage

encroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespass

embezzle, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate

Synonym Discussion of convert

transform, metamorphose, transmute, convert, transmogrify, transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing. transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function.

- transformed a small company into a corporate giant

metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power.

- awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas

transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing.

- attempted to transmute lead into gold

convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function.

- converted the study into a nursery

transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis.

- a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince

transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies.

- joy transfigured her face

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