Synonyms of metamorphoses

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noun

plural of metamorphosis

as in transformations

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 & Similar Words

• transformations
• conversions
• transitions
• shifts
• transfigurations
• alterations
• modifications
• adjustments
• changeovers
• revisions
• reformations
• deformations
• variations
• distortions
• transmutations
• displacements
• mutations
• reconstructions
• replacements
• substitutions
• disfigurements
• reconversions
• redos
• supplantations

metamorphoses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of metamorphose

as in transforms

to change in form, appearance, or use

a science fiction story in which radiation metamorphoses people into giant bugs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• transforms
• converts
• transfigures
• transmutes
• remodels
• reworks
• transposes
• redesigns
• transubstantiates
• alchemizes
• replaces
• recasts
• alters
• adjusts
• modifies
• makes over
• refashions
• mutates
• revises
• deforms
• transmogrifies
• disfigures
• remakes
• redefines
• regenerates
• revamps
• distorts
• varies
• supplants
• reengineers
• substitutes
• redoes
• displaces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of metamorphoses

Noun

This Pulitzer-winning neo-slave narrative reimagines the Underground Railroad as a real subterranean network, in a Sisyphean allegory that illustrates the relentless metamorphoses of white supremacy and Black resistance. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 July 2026

His fingerprints are all over the 21st-century Big Inventive Novel, with its sentient raindrops (Elif Shafak), its melodramatic families (Kiran Desai), its metamorphoses of race (Mohsin Hamid) and history (Marlon James). — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025

My son had to work to follow Jack’s metamorphoses, to track the relationship between the spells and their consequences. — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

Verb

The Tale of Genji ’s early chapters are rooted in fairy-tale monogatari, but the book soon metamorphoses into its own strange thing, a courtly romance that follows Prince Genji over his half century of life, and then, after Genji’s death, takes up the lives of the next generation. — Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025