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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, often major |
| Synonyms: | alteration, changeover, conversion, development, evolution, flux, growth, metamorphosis, metastasis, passage, passing, progress, progression, realignment, shift, transformation, transit, transmutation, turn, turning point, upheaval |
| Antonyms: | beginning, conclusion, end, finish, introduction, sameness, stagnation, start |
| Main Entry: | flux |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of constant change |
| Synonyms: | alteration, change, flow, fluctuation, fluidity, instability, modification, motion, mutability, mutation, transition, unrest |
| Antonyms: | constancy, stability, steadiness |
| Main Entry: | movement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drive, campaign |
| Synonyms: | change, crusade, current, demonstration, displacement, drift, evolution, faction, flight, flow, front, group, grouping, march, mobilization, organization, party, patrol, shift, sweep, swing, tendency, transfer, transition, trend, unrest, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | indifference |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt from document |
| Synonyms: | clause, extract, paragraph, piece, portion, quotation, reading, section, sentence, text, transition, verse |
| Notes: | a passage is a one-way boat crossing; a voyage is a round trip journey by sea |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | travel |
| Synonyms: | advance, change, conversion, crossing, flow, journey, motion, movement, passing, progress, progression, tour, traject, transfer, transference, transit, transition, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, traverse, traversing, trek, trip, voyage |
| Notes: | a passage is a one-way boat crossing; a voyage is a round trip journey by sea |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inaction, wait |
| Main Entry: | turning point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical juncture |
| Synonyms: | axis, change, climacteric, climax, contingency, crisis, critical mass, critical moment, critical period, critical point, crossing, crossroads, crucial moment, crucial occurrence, crucial period, crunch, crux, culmination, cusp, decisive moment, defining moment, development, emergency, exigency, high noon, hinge, juncture, kairotic moment, moment of truth, moment of truth, nexus, pass, peak, peripeteia, pinch, pivot, pivotal moment, point of no return, race against time, rising action, shift, strait, transition, turn of the tide, twist, when push comes to shove, zero hour, zero hour |
| Main Entry: | changeover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversion |
| Synonyms: | alteration, shift, switch, transition |
| Main Entry: | transfiguration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | about-face, addition, adjustment, advance, break*, changeover, compression, contraction, conversion, correction, development, difference, distortion, diversification, diversity, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, modulation, mutation, novelty, permutation, reconstruction, refinement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, tempering, transformation, transition, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, transubstantiation, turn, turnover, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transmogrification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | about-face, addition, adjustment, advance, break*, changeover, compression, contraction, conversion, correction, development, difference, distortion, diversification, diversity, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, modulation, mutation, novelty, permutation, reconstruction, refinement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, tempering, transfiguration, transformation, transition, translation, transmutation, transubstantiation, turn, turnover, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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