change; alter; modify




cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

"The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

Types:
  • awaken; wake; waken; rouse; wake up; arouse
  • cause to sleep
  • affect
  • refresh; freshen; refreshen
  • inseminate; fecundate; fertilize; fertilise
  • indispose
  • cry
  • etiolate
  • shade
  • brutalize; brutalise; animalize; animalise
  • convert
  • opalize; opalise
  • arterialize; arterialise
  • make; get
  • counterchange; transpose; interchange
  • vascularize; vascularise
  • decrepitate
  • suburbanize; suburbanise
  • revolutionize; revolutionise; overturn
  • etiolate
  • barbarize; barbarise
  • alkalinize; alkalinise
  • mythologize; mythologise; mythicize; mythicise
  • allegorize; allegorise
  • demythologize; demythologise
  • bring; land
  • coarsen
  • affect; impact; bear upon; bear on; touch on; touch
  • alchemize; alchemise
  • alcoholize; alcoholise
  • shape; form
  • round off; round down; round out; round
  • suspend
  • sober
  • reconstruct
  • increase
  • ease up; ease off; let up
  • assimilate
  • dissimilate
  • commute; convert; exchange
  • vitalize; vitalise
  • unclutter; clear
  • activate
  • activate
  • activate; aerate
  • activate
  • inactivate; deactivate
  • deaden; blunt
  • remodel; reconstruct; redo
  • edit; redact
  • edit; cut; edit out
  • tame; chasten; subdue
  • chasten; moderate; temper
  • better; improve; amend; ameliorate; meliorate
  • worsen; aggravate; exacerbate; exasperate
  • wet
  • dry; dry out
  • lubricate
  • strengthen; beef up; fortify
  • spike; lace; fortify
  • weaken
  • blunt
  • oxidize; oxidise; oxidate
  • unite; unify; merge
  • age
  • ripen; mature
  • antique; antiquate
  • antiquate
  • develop; make grow
  • soften
  • damage
  • ossify
  • acerbate
  • stabilize; stabilise
  • destabilize; destabilise
  • sensitize; sensitise; sensify; sensibilize; sensibilise
  • desensitize; desensitise
  • habituate; accustom
  • disorder; disarray
  • discolor
  • color; colorize; colorise; colourise; colourize; colour; color in; colour in
  • stain
  • hue
  • uglify
  • untune
  • adjust; set; correct
  • set
  • disqualify; unfit; indispose
  • domesticate; domesticize; domesticise; reclaim; tame
  • widen
  • dehydrogenate
  • hydrogenate
  • oxygenize; oxygenise
  • darken
  • brighten; lighten up; lighten
  • blur; blear
  • obscure; bedim; overcloud
  • obscure; blot out; obliterate; veil; hide
  • cook
  • slenderize; slenderise
  • crack
  • dissolve; dismiss
  • end; terminate
  • demist; defog
  • condense; concentrate; contract
  • cool; chill; cool down
  • heat; heat up
  • warm
  • boil
  • freeze
  • blister
  • switch; change over; shift
  • transpose
  • convert; change over
  • transform
  • transform
  • transform
  • transmute
  • transform; transmute; transubstantiate
  • ash
  • translate; transform
  • reform; reclaim; regenerate; rectify
  • convert
  • Islamize; Islamise
  • turn back; invert; reverse
  • invert
  • customize; customise
  • personalize; personalise; individualize; individualise
  • depersonalize; depersonalise; objectify
  • sharpen
  • flatten; drop
  • disintegrate
  • magnetize; magnetise
  • demagnetize; demagnetise; degauss
  • simplify
  • complicate; refine; rarify; elaborate
  • refine
  • complicate; perplex
  • supercharge; pressurize; pressurise
  • centralize; centralise; concentrate
  • decentralize; deconcentrate; decentralise
  • socialize; socialise
  • fix; prepare; set up; ready; gear up; set
  • internationalize; internationalise
  • communize; communise; bolshevize; bolshevise
  • Europeanize; Europeanise
  • Europeanize; Europeanise
  • bestialize; bestialise
  • Americanize; Americanise
  • Frenchify
  • civilize; civilise
  • nationalize; nationalise
  • denationalize; denationalise
  • naturalize; naturalise
  • denaturalize; denaturalise
  • naturalize; naturalise
  • denaturalize; denaturalise
  • even; even out
  • equal; match; equalize; equalise; equate
  • stiffen
  • loosen; loose
  • tighten; fasten
  • transitivize; transitivise
  • detransitivize; detransitivise; intransitivize; intransitivise
  • thicken; inspissate
  • full
  • diversify
  • decelerate; slow down
  • deaden
  • accelerate; speed; speed up
  • check; retard; delay
  • decrease; lessen; minify
  • liquefy; liquify; liquidize; liquidise
  • solvate
  • dissolve
  • validate
  • invalidate; void; vitiate
  • empty
  • fill; fill up; make full
  • saturate
  • clot; coagulate
  • louden
  • normalize; normalise; renormalize; renormalise
  • morph
  • neutralize; neutralise
  • commercialize; commercialise; market
  • purify; purge; sanctify
  • mechanize; mechanise
  • automatize; automatise; automate
  • automatize; automatise
  • mechanize; mechanise
  • harmonize; harmonise; chord
  • polarize; polarise
  • glorify
  • contaminate
  • devalue
  • insulate
  • calcify
  • urbanize; urbanise
  • urbanize; urbanise
  • emulsify
  • demulsify
  • decarboxylate
  • nazify
  • fertilize; fecundate; fertilise
  • clarify
  • embrittle
  • mark
  • nick
  • disable; disenable; incapacitate
  • enable
  • de-emphasize; de-emphasise; destress
  • tender; tenderize; tenderise
  • charge
  • bubble
  • sweeten
  • iodinate
  • ionate
  • archaize; archaise
  • inform
  • officialize; officialise
  • occidentalize; occidentalise; westernize; westernise
  • orientalize; orientalise
  • acetylate; acetylize; acetylise
  • achromatize; achromatise
  • parallel; collimate
  • camp
  • classicize; classicise
  • conventionalize; conventionalise
  • decimalize; decimalise
  • dizzy
  • poison; envenom
  • exteriorize; exteriorise; externalize; externalise; objectify
  • glamorize; glamourise; glamourize; glamorise
  • introvert
  • laicize; laicise
  • politicize; politicise
  • radicalize
  • proof
  • romanticize; romanticise
  • rusticate
  • sauce
  • shallow; shoal
  • tense
  • steepen
  • scramble
  • unscramble
  • unsex
  • vitrify
  • pall
  • saponify
  • extend; expand
  • suspend; set aside
  • muddy
  • transform
  • lift; raise; elevate
  • harshen
  • dinge
  • demonize; demonise
  • devilize; devilise; diabolize; diabolise
  • etherealize; etherialise
  • immaterialize; immaterialise; unsubstantialize; unsubstantialise
  • animize; animise; animate
  • clear
  • dynamize; dynamise
  • dynamize; dynamise
  • rarefy; sublimate; subtilize
  • volatilize; volatilise
  • uniformize; uniformise
  • symmetrize; symmetrise
  • immortalize; immortalise; eternize; eternise; eternalize; eternalise
  • denature
  • denature
  • denature
  • sanitize; sanitise
  • verbify
  • shift
  • sputter
  • draw
  • make
  • dope
  • prostrate
  • excite
  • excite; energize; energise
  • shake
  • outmode
  • spice; spice up
  • shorten
  • think
  • make
  • deflate
  • inflate
  • reflate
  • digitize; digitise; digitalize; digitalise
  • gelatinize; gelatinise
  • recombine
  • feminize; feminise; effeminize; effeminise; womanize
  • masculinize; masculinise; virilize; virilise
  • masculinize
  • disharmonize; dissonate
  • sexualize; sexualise
  • schematize; schematise
  • patent
  • constitutionalize; constitutionalise
  • rationalize; rationalise
  • plasticize; plasticise
  • rarefy
  • paganize; paganise
  • incandesce
  • deaminate; deaminize
  • angulate
  • circularize
  • sensitize; sensitise
  • sensitize; sensitise
  • depolarize; depolarise
  • intensify
  • isomerize; isomerise
  • legitimate
  • evaporate; vaporise
  • industrialize; industrialise
  • opacify
  • opsonize
  • militarize; militarise
  • nationalize; nationalise
  • recommend
  • sentimentalize; sentimentalise
  • solemnize; solemnise
  • territorialize; territorialise
  • transaminate
  • transfigure; glorify; spiritualize
  • unsanctify
  • vesiculate
  • visualize; visualise
  • variegate
  • ventilate
  • vivify
  • vulgarise; vulgarize
  • supple
  • professionalize; professionalise
  • smut
  • still
  • weaponize
  • eroticize; sex up
  • piggyback
  • port
  • lifehack
  • cloud
  • confuse; blur; obscure; obnubilate
  • tone down; moderate; tame
  • obfuscate
  • synchronize; synchronise
  • mince; soften; moderate
  • militarize; militarise
  • break down; crush
  • fatten; fat; flesh out; fill out; plump; plump out; fatten out; fatten up
  • touch; disturb
  • dull
  • dull; blunt
  • sharpen
  • coarsen
  • loosen
  • untie; undo; loosen
  • barb
  • string
  • straighten; straighten out
  • bring
  • mix; mingle; commix; unify; amalgamate
  • charge
  • put
  • clean; make clean
  • dirty; soil; begrime; grime; colly; bemire
  • lower; depress
  • deform
  • break; break up
  • alter
  • decorate; adorn; grace; ornament; embellish; beautify
  • humanize; humanise
  • humble
  • estrange; alienate; alien; disaffect
  • right
  • desensitize; desensitise
  • deodorize; deodorise; deodourise
  • develop
  • blur
  • blind
  • change intensity
  • change taste
  • substitute; replace; interchange; exchange
  • capture
  • lend; impart; bestow; contribute; add; bring
  • restore; reinstate; reestablish
  • liberalize; liberalise
  • right; compensate; redress; correct
  • democratize; democratise
  • neutralize
  • corrupt; pervert; subvert; demoralize; demoralise; debauch; debase; profane; vitiate; deprave; misdirect
  • relax; loosen
  • unite; unify
  • flocculate
  • turn
  • cohere


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