metamorphoses

Definitions

A change of the physical form, substance, or structure of a person or thing by supernatural means.

A profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from caterpillar to butterfly.

A striking alteration in appearance, character, or circumstances.

Examples

The caterpillar undergoes several dramatic metamorphoses before emerging as a butterfly.

The city underwent many social metamorphoses throughout the twentieth century.

Synonyms

transformations mutations conversions alterations transmutations reconstructions evolutions

Antonyms

stagnations preservations continuities stabilities fixities stases unchanging states