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.
