transmute, transubstantiate, metabolize, mutate, transmogrify; change into, alter into, develop or evolve into, convert, change over, become; undergo a change, go through a change, turn into, alter; be renewed, turn the corner, take a turn; come about, adapt, adjust, modulate, modify, shift, swerve.
2. change, switch, redo, make over, remake, recast, reshape, refashion, Inf. revamp, metamorphosis, n. 1. transformation, transub-stantiation, translation, transfiguration; mutation, transmutation, metastasis, transmogrification, metaplasia.
2. change, alteration, permutation, modification; change of heart, change of allegiance or conviction, reversal, about face, volte-face, Inf switch, Inf. turnabout, Inf. 180-degree turn.
3. rebirth, renewal, regeneration, recreation; conversion, changeover, passage; reformation, reclamation, recrudescence. metaphor, n. figure of speech, image, symbol, trope, figure; transference, Obs., Rare, tralation, analogy, parallelism, likening, comparison; simile, similitude, correlation, likeness; symbolism, imagery, personification, figurativeness, metonymy; allegory, alle-gorization, apologue, anagoge, parable, fable, metaphorical, adj. symbolic, figurative, metony-mous, tropological, tropical; typical, allegorical, emblematical, tralatitious, parabolical, apologal, anagog-ic; analogous, allusive, referential, comparative, si-militudinous; hyperbolic, exaggerated, euphemistic, euphuistic; descriptive, pictorial, depictive, illustrative. metaphysical, adj. abstract, immaterial, unsubstantial, intangible, impalpable, incorporeal; spiritual, psychical, ideal, intellectual, visionary, speculative, hyperphysical, supersensible; abstruse, incomprehensible; ontological, Platonistic, epistemological, philosophical, cosmological, metaphysics, n. ontology, epistemology, science of existence, speculative philosophy, cosmology. mete¹, v. Usu. mete out apportion, admeasure, measure out or off; allot, allocate, assign; portion out, parcel out, deal out, dole out, ration out, Inf. dish out; pass out, hand out, give out, distribute, dispense. mete², n. limit, boundary, frontier, frontier line, boundary line, bounding line, border line, partition line, line of demarcation, line, fence, metempsychosis, n. transmigration, reincarnation; reembodiment, rebirth, regeneration, metamorphosis, transmogrification. meteor, n. meteoroid, meteorite, aerolite, shooting star, falling star, Astron. bolide, fireball; fiery streak, Astron. tail, comet. meteoric, adj. 1. transient, transitory, ephemeral, short-lived, brief, momentary, fleeting, flitting, evanescent; unlasting, unpermanent, impermanent, nonpermanent.
2. sudden, unexpected, instantaneous, swift, mushroom, meteorlike, meteor; quick, fast, rapid, speedy.
3. meteorological, meteorologic, atmospheric, atmospherical. meteorology, n. 1. science of weather, science of climate, climatology, aerography, Obs. aerology.
2. weather, atmospheric conditions; climate, clime, method, n. 1. way, manner, mode, process, procedure, Latin, modus operandr, means, technique, formula, principle, practice.
2. order, system, plan, design, discipline; course, routine, program, line; standard, precept, code, guide, pattern; methodology, rule, attack, approach, line, wise.