Synonyms of transubstantiate

transubstantiate

verb

ˌtran(t)-səb-ˈstan(t)-shē-ˌāt 

as in to transform

to change in form, appearance, or use

the novelist transubstantiated the joys and sorrows of his early years into a charming fable about childhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• transform
• convert
• transmute
• transfigure
• metamorphose
• remodel
• rework
• transpose
• alchemize
• replace
• alter
• modify
• adjust
• make over
• recast
• redesign
• redefine
• mutate
• revise
• refashion
• deform
• supplant
• transmogrify
• disfigure
• reengineer
• distort
• regenerate
• remake
• redo
• substitute
• vary
• revamp
• displace

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of transubstantiate

Just as the heat of Trinity forged sand into glass, that same device (and all after it) transubstantiated myth into reality. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025

But his concerns are the same as artists 500 years gone — how bodies can be transubstantiated into precious metal, and take on new meaning and value. — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020

Our fathers poured the gold like priests / transubstantiating molten for the world’s architecture. — Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019

Through football, a one-hour spectacle of peak human performance and perfect pageantry is transubstantiated in real time into the country’s sustaining mythology. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2017

And then there was Evie, the most beloved, who had transubstantiated into a postcard from Reno. — Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017