change

1. An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another (synset 107311046)
   "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
   is a type of: happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens
   subtypes:

   • acceleration - an increase in rate of change
   • deceleration, retardation, slowing - a decrease in rate of change
   • avulsion - an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
   • break - an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
   • mutation - a change or alteration in form or qualities
   • sublimation - (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable
   • surprise - a sudden unexpected event
   • birth, nascence, nascency, nativity - the event of being born
   • breakup, detachment, separation - coming apart
   • vagary - an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
   • fluctuation, variation - an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
   • conversion - a change of religion
   • death, decease, expiry - the event of dying or departure from life
   • decrease, drop-off, lessening - a change downward
   • destabilization - an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
   • increase - a change resulting in an increase
   • easing, moderation, relief - a change for the better
   • deformation - alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it
   • transition - a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another
   • shift, transformation, transmutation - a qualitative change
   • scintillation, sparkling, twinkle - a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
   • play, shimmer - a weak and tremulous light
   • transmutation - (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
   • damage, harm, impairment - the occurrence of a change for the worse
   • development - a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
   • revolution - a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
   • chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation - (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
   • sex change - a change in a person's physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments)
   • loss of consciousness - the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond
   same as: alteration, modification
2. A relational difference between states;
   Especially between states before and after some event (synset 113881240)
   "he attributed the change to their marriage"
   is a type of: relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
   subtypes:

   • difference - a significant change
   • gradient - a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
3. The action of changing something (synset 100191991)
   "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
   is a type of: action - something done (usually as opposed to something said)
   subtypes:

   • entail - the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
   • about-face, policy change, reversal, volte-face - a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
   • adulteration - the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)
   • move, relocation - the act of changing your residence or place of business
   • downshift - a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle
   • downshift - a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one
   • filtration - the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
   • reduction, simplification - the act of reducing complexity
   • decimalisation, decimalization - the act of changing to a decimal system
   • metrication, metrification - the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
   • variation - the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
   • turning - act of changing in practice or custom
   • diversification, variegation - the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)
   • flux - in constant change
   • shift, switch, switching - the act of changing one thing or position for another
   • commutation, exchange, substitution - the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
   • promotion - act of raising in rank or position
   • demotion - act of lowering in rank or position
   • change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
   • adjustment, alteration, modification - the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
   • motion, move, movement - the act of changing location from one place to another
   • movement - the act of changing the location of something
   • motility, motion, move, movement - a change of position that does not entail a change of location
   • change of direction, reorientation - the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
   • change of magnitude - the act of changing the amount or size of something
   • change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
   • conversion - the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
   • updating - the act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something)
   • change of shape - an action that changes the shape of something
   • satisfaction - act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite
   • nationalisation, nationalization - the action of rendering national in character
   • communisation, communization - a change from private property to public property owned by the community
   • secularisation, secularization - the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion
   • rollover - the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty
4. The result of alteration or modification (synset 111432841)
   "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs"; "there had been no change in the mountains"
   is a type of: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
   subtypes: depolarisation, depolarization - a loss of polarity or polarization
5. The balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due (synset 113408862)
   "I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change"
   is a type of: cash, hard cash, hard currency - money in the form of bills or coins
6. A thing that is different (synset 103009524)
   "he inspected several changes before selecting one"
   is a type of: thing - an entity that is not named specifically
7. A different or fresh set of clothes (synset 103009373)
   "she brought a change in her overnight bag"
   is a type of: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
8. Coins of small denomination regarded collectively (synset 113409284)
   "he had a pocketful of change"
   is a type of: coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
9. Money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency (synset 113408652)
   "he got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver"
   is a type of: cash, hard cash, hard currency - money in the form of bills or coins
10. A difference that is usually pleasant (synset 104759289)
    "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic"
    is a type of: difference - the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
    same as: variety

1. Cause to change;
   Make different;
   Cause a transformation (synset 200126072)
   "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
   causes: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   subtypes:

   • arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken - cause to become awake or conscious
   • cause to sleep - make fall asleep
   • affect - act physically on; have an effect upon
   • freshen, refresh, refreshen - make fresh again
   • fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate - introduce semen into (a female)
   • indispose - cause to feel unwell
   • cry - bring into a particular state by crying
   • etiolate - make pale or sickly
   • shade - vary slightly
   • animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize - make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
   • convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something
   • opalise, opalize - make opalescent
   • arterialise, arterialize - change venous blood into arterial blood
   • get, make - give certain properties to something
   • counterchange, interchange, transpose - cause to change places
   • vascularise, vascularize - make vascular
   • decrepitate - to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
   • suburbanise, suburbanize - make suburban in character
   • overturn, revolutionise, revolutionize - change radically
   • etiolate - bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
   • barbarise, barbarize - make crude or savage in behavior or speech
   • alkalinise, alkalinize - make (a substance) alkaline
   • mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize - make into a myth
   • allegorise, allegorize - make into an allegory
   • demythologise, demythologize - remove the mythical element from (writings)
   • bring, land - bring into a different state
   • coarsen - make less subtle or refined
   • affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on - have an effect upon
   • alchemise, alchemize - alter (elements) by alchemy
   • alcoholise, alcoholize - make alcoholic, as by fermenting
   • form, shape - give shape or form to
   • round, round down, round off, round out - express as a round number
   • suspend - cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
   • sober - cause to become sober
   • reconstruct - cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
   • increase - make bigger or more
   • ease off, ease up, let up - reduce pressure or intensity
   • assimilate - make similar
   • dissimilate - make dissimilar; cause to become less similar
   • commute, convert, exchange - exchange a penalty for a less severe one
   • vitalise, vitalize - give life to
   • clear, unclutter - rid of obstructions
   • activate - make active or more active
   • activate - make (substances) radioactive
   • activate, aerate - aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
   • activate - make more adsorptive
   • deactivate, inactivate - make inactive
   • blunt, deaden - make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
   • reconstruct, redo, remodel - do over, as of (part of) a house
   • edit, redact - prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
   • cut, edit, edit out - cut and assemble the components of
   • chasten, subdue, tame - correct by punishment or discipline
   • chasten, temper - change by restraining or moderating
   • ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate - to make better
   • aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen - make worse
   • wet - cause to become wet
   • dry, dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry
   • lubricate - make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant
   • beef up, fortify, strengthen - make strong or stronger
   • fortify, lace, spike - add alcohol to (beverages)
   • weaken - lessen the strength of
   • blunt - make less sharp
   • oxidate, oxidise, oxidize - add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
   • merge, unify, unite - join or combine
   • age - make older
   • mature, ripen - cause to ripen or develop fully
   • antiquate, antique - give an antique appearance to
   • antiquate - make obsolete or old-fashioned
   • develop, make grow - cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
   • soften - make soft or softer
   • damage - inflict damage upon
   • ossify - cause to become hard and bony
   • acerbate - make sour or bitter
   • stabilise, stabilize - make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
   • destabilise, destabilize - make unstable
   • sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize - make sensitive or aware
   • desensitise, desensitize - make insensitive
   • accustom, habituate - make psychologically or physically used (to something)
   • disarray, disorder - bring disorder to
   • discolor - cause to lose or change color
   • color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize - add color to
   • stain - produce or leave stains
   • hue - take on color or become colored
   • uglify - make ugly
   • untune - cause to be out of tune
   • adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
   • set - put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
   • disqualify, indispose, unfit - make unfit or unsuitable
   • domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
   • widen - make wider
   • dehydrogenate - remove hydrogen from
   • hydrogenate - combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)
   • oxygenise, oxygenize - change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)
   • darken - make dark or darker
   • brighten, lighten, lighten up - make more cheerful through the use of color
   • blear, blur - make dim or indistinct
   • bedim, obscure, overcloud - make obscure or unclear
   • blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
   • cook - transform by heating
   • slenderise, slenderize - make slender or appear to be slender
   • crack - cause to become cracked
   • dismiss, dissolve - declare void
   • end, terminate - bring to an end or halt
   • defog, demist - free from mist
   • concentrate, condense, contract - compress or concentrate
   • chill, cool, cool down - make cool or cooler
   • heat, heat up - make hot or hotter
   • warm - make warm or warmer
   • boil - bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
   • freeze - cause to freeze
   • blister - cause blisters to form on
   • change over, shift, switch - make a shift in or exchange of
   • transpose - change key
   • change over, convert - change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
   • transform - increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
   • transform - change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
   • transform - convert (one form of energy) to another
   • transmute - alter the nature of (elements)
   • transform, transmute, transubstantiate - change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
   • ash - convert into ashes
   • transform, translate - change from one form or medium into another
   • reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate - bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
   • convert - cause to adopt a new or different faith
   • islamise, islamize - cause to conform to Islamic law
   • invert, reverse, turn back - turn inside out or upside down
   • invert - make an inversion (in a musical composition)
   • customise, customize - make according to requirements
   • individualise, individualize, personalise, personalize - make personal or more personal
   • depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify - make impersonal or present as an object
   • sharpen - raise the pitch of (musical notes)
   • drop, flatten - lower the pitch of (musical notes)
   • disintegrate - cause to undergo fission or lose particles
   • magnetise, magnetize - make magnetic
   • degauss, demagnetise, demagnetize - make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
   • simplify - make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
   • complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine - make more complex, intricate, or richer
   • refine - make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
   • complicate, perplex - make more complicated
   • pressurise, pressurize, supercharge - increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
   • centralise, centralize, concentrate - make central
   • decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate - make less central
   • socialise, socialize - make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies
   • fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
   • internationalise, internationalize - make international in character
   • bolshevise, bolshevize, communise, communize - make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles
   • europeanise, europeanize - make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas
   • europeanise, europeanize - denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations
   • bestialise, bestialize - make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to
   • americanise, americanize - make American in character
   • frenchify - make French in appearance or character
   • civilise, civilize - raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
   • nationalise, nationalize - put under state control or ownership
   • denationalise, denationalize - put under private control or ownership
   • naturalise, naturalize - make into a citizen
   • denaturalise, denaturalize - strip of the rights and duties of citizenship
   • naturalise, naturalize - make more natural or lifelike
   • denaturalise, denaturalize - make less natural or unnatural
   • even, even out - become even or more even
   • equal, equalise, equalize, equate, match - make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
   • stiffen - make stiff or stiffer
   • loose, loosen - make loose or looser
   • fasten, tighten - make tight or tighter
   • transitivise, transitivize - make transitive
   • detransitivise, detransitivize, intransitivise, intransitivize - intransitivize
   • inspissate, thicken - make thick or thicker
   • full - make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
   • diversify - make (more) diverse
   • decelerate, slow down - reduce the speed of
   • deaden - make vapid or deprive of spirit
   • accelerate, speed, speed up - cause to move faster
   • check, delay, retard - slow the growth or development of
   • decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller
   • liquefy, liquidise, liquidize, liquify - make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
   • solvate - cause a solvation in (a substance)
   • dissolve - cause to fade away
   • validate - make valid or confirm the validity of
   • invalidate, vitiate, void - take away the legal force of or render ineffective
   • empty - make void or empty of contents
   • fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense
   • saturate - cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
   • clot, coagulate - cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
   • louden - cause to become loud
   • normalise, normalize, renormalise, renormalize - make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard
   • morph - cause to change shape in a computer animation
   • neutralise, neutralize - make chemically neutral
   • commercialise, commercialize, market - make commercial
   • purge, purify, sanctify - make pure or free from sin or guilt
   • mechanise, mechanize - make mechanical
   • automate, automatise, automatize - make automatic or control or operate automatically
   • automatise, automatize - turn into an automaton
   • mechanise, mechanize - make monotonous; make automatic or routine
   • chord, harmonise, harmonize - bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
   • polarise, polarize - cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
   • glorify - bestow glory upon
   • contaminate - make radioactive by adding radioactive material
   • devalue - lower the value or quality of
   • insulate - protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
   • calcify - convert into lime
   • urbanise, urbanize - make more industrial or city-like
   • urbanise, urbanize - impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
   • emulsify - cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
   • demulsify - cause to demulsify
   • decarboxylate - remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
   • nazify - cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character
   • fecundate, fertilise, fertilize - make fertile or productive
   • clarify - make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
   • embrittle - make brittle
   • mark - make or leave a mark on
   • nick - divide or reset the tail muscles of
   • disable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action
   • enable - render capable or able for some task
   • de-emphasise, de-emphasize, destress - reduce the emphasis
   • tender, tenderise, tenderize - make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
   • charge - cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
   • bubble - cause to form bubbles
   • sweeten - make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
   • iodinate - cause to combine with iodine
   • ionate - add ions to
   • archaise, archaize - give an archaic appearance of character to
   • inform - give character or essence to
   • officialise, officialize - make official
   • occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise, westernize - make western in character
   • orientalise, orientalize - make oriental in character
   • acetylate, acetylise, acetylize - introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
   • achromatise, achromatize - remove color from
   • collimate, parallel - make or place parallel to something
   • camp - give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
   • classicise, classicize - make classic or classical
   • conventionalise, conventionalize - make conventional or adapt to conventions
   • decimalise, decimalize - change from fractions to decimals
   • dizzy - make dizzy or giddy
   • envenom, poison - add poison to
   • exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify - make external or objective, or give reality to
   • glamorise, glamorize, glamourise, glamourize - make glamorous and attractive
   • introvert - turn inside
   • laicise, laicize - reduce to lay status
   • politicise, politicize - give a political character to
   • radicalize - make more radical in social or political outlook
   • proof - activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
   • romanticise, romanticize - make romantic in style
   • rusticate - lend a rustic character to
   • sauce - add zest or flavor to, make more interesting
   • shallow, shoal - make shallow
   • tense - increase the tension on
   • steepen - make steeper
   • scramble - make unintelligible
   • unscramble - make intelligible
   • unsex - remove the qualities typical of one's sex
   • vitrify - change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
   • pall - cause to become flat
   • saponify - convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali
   • expand, extend - expand the influence of
   • set aside, suspend - make inoperative or stop
   • muddy - make turbid
   • transform - subject to a mathematical transformation
   • elevate, lift, raise - raise in rank or condition
   • harshen - make harsh or harsher
   • dinge - make dingy
   • demonise, demonize - make into a demon
   • devilise, devilize, diabolise, diabolize - turn into a devil or make devilish
   • etherealize, etherialise - make ethereal
   • immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize - render immaterial or incorporeal
   • animate, animise, animize - give lifelike qualities to
   • clear - make clear, bright, light, or translucent
   • dynamise, dynamize - make (a drug) effective
   • dynamise, dynamize - make more dynamic
   • rarefy, sublimate, subtilize - make more subtle or refined
   • volatilise, volatilize - make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor
   • uniformise, uniformize - make uniform
   • symmetrise, symmetrize - make symmetric
   • eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise, immortalize - make famous forever
   • denature - make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
   • denature - modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
   • denature - add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
   • sanitise, sanitize - make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features
   • verbify - make into a verb
   • shift - move from one setting or context to another
   • sputter - cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed
   • draw - bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
   • make - change from one form into another
   • dope - add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
   • prostrate - render helpless or defenseless
   • excite - produce a magnetic field in
   • energise, energize, excite - raise to a higher energy level
   • shake - bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
   • outmode - make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete
   • spice, spice up - make more interesting or flavorful
   • shorten - make short or shorter
   • think - bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
   • make - cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
   • deflate - produce deflation in
   • inflate - cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
   • reflate - economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation
   • digitalise, digitalize, digitise, digitize - put into digital form, as for use in a computer
   • gelatinise, gelatinize - convert into gelatinous form or jelly
   • recombine - cause genetic recombination
   • effeminise, effeminize, feminise, feminize, womanize - to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to
   • masculinise, masculinize, virilise, virilize - produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
   • masculinize - give a masculine appearance or character to
   • disharmonize, dissonate - cause to sound harsh and unpleasant
   • sexualise, sexualize - make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to
   • schematise, schematize - give conventional form to
   • patent - make open to sight or notice
   • constitutionalise, constitutionalize - incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional
   • rationalise, rationalize - remove irrational quantities from
   • plasticise, plasticize - make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
   • rarefy - lessen the density or solidity of
   • paganise, paganize - make pagan in character
   • incandesce - cause to become incandescent or glow
   • deaminate, deaminize - remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination
   • angulate - make or become angular
   • circularize - make circular
   • sensitise, sensitize - make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
   • sensitise, sensitize - make sensitive to a drug or allergen
   • depolarise, depolarize - eliminate the polarization of
   • intensify - make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
   • isomerise, isomerize - cause to change into an isomer
   • legitimate - make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)
   • evaporate, vaporise - cause to change into a vapor
   • industrialise, industrialize - organize (the production of something) into an industry
   • opacify - make opaque
   • opsonize - make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
   • militarise, militarize - adopt for military use
   • nationalise, nationalize - make national in character or scope
   • recommend - make attractive or acceptable
   • sentimentalise, sentimentalize - make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
   • solemnise, solemnize - make solemn and grave
   • territorialise, territorialize - place on a territorial basis
   • transaminate - change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another
   • glorify, spiritualize, transfigure - elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
   • unsanctify - remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified
   • vesiculate - cause to become vesicular or full of air cells
   • visualise, visualize - make visible
   • variegate - change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors
   • ventilate - furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape
   • vivify - make more striking or animated
   • vulgarise, vulgarize - debase and make vulgar
   • supple - make pliant and flexible
   • professionalise, professionalize - make professional or give a professional character to
   • smut - make obscene
   • still - make motionless
   • weaponize - make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon
   • eroticize, sex up - give erotic character to or make more interesting
   • piggyback - bring into alignment with
   • port - modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
   • lifehack - make one's day-to-day activities more efficient
   • cloud - make less clear
   • blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
   • moderate, tame, tone down - make less strong or intense; soften
   • obfuscate - make obscure or unclear
   • synchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
   • mince, moderate, soften - make less severe or harsh
   • militarise, militarize - lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force
   • break down, crush - make ineffective
   • fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out - make fat or plump
   • disturb, touch - tamper with
   • dull - make dull in appearance
   • blunt, dull - make dull or blunt
   • sharpen - make sharp or sharper
   • coarsen - make or become coarse or coarser
   • loosen - make less dense
   • loosen, undo, untie - cause to become loose
   • barb - provide with barbs
   • string - provide with strings
   • straighten, straighten out - make straight
   • bring - cause to come into a particular state or condition
   • amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify - to bring or combine together or with something else
   • charge - fill or load to capacity
   • put - cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
   • clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
   • begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty
   • depress, lower - cause to drop or sink
   • deform - make formless
   • break, break up - destroy the completeness of a set of related items
   • alter - make an alteration to
   • adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
   • humanise, humanize - make more humane
   • humble - cause to be unpretentious
   • alienate, disaffect, estrange - arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
   • right - put in or restore to an upright position
   • desensitise, desensitize - cause not to be sensitive
   • deodorise, deodorize, deodourise - eliminate the odor from
   • develop - make visible by means of chemical solutions
   • blur - to make less distinct or clear
   • blind - make blind by putting the eyes out
   • change intensity - increase or decrease in intensity
   • change taste - alter the flavor of
   • exchange, interchange, replace, substitute - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
   • capture - bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
   • add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend - bestow a quality on
   • reestablish, reinstate, restore - bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
   • liberalise, liberalize - make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules
   • compensate, correct, redress, right - make reparations or amends for
   • democratise, democratize - introduce democratic reforms; of nations
   • neutralize - make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
   • corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
   • loosen, relax - make less severe or strict
   • unify, unite - bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
   • flocculate - cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
   • turn - cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
   • cohere - cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
   same as: alter, modify
2. Undergo a change;
   Become different in essence;
   Losing one's or its original nature (synset 200109468)
   "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
   subtypes:

   • freshen, freshen up, refresh, refreshen - become or make oneself fresh again
   • dress, get dressed - put on clothes
   • acquire, develop, get, grow, produce - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
   • regenerate - undergo regeneration
   • shade - pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
   • gel - become a gel
   • animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize - become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
   • convert - change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change
   • creolize - develop into a creole
   • mutate - undergo mutation
   • experience, have - undergo
   • decrepitate - undergo decrepitation and crackle
   • suburbanise, suburbanize - take on suburban character
   • roll, roll up - show certain properties when being rolled
   • glass, glass over, glaze, glaze over - become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
   • grow, turn - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
   • barbarise, barbarize - become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
   • alkalinise, alkalinize - become alkaline
   • change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary
   • change integrity - change in physical make-up
   • change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form
   • form - assume a form or shape
   • change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
   • climb up, jump, rise - rise in rank or status
   • assimilate - become similar in sound
   • dissimilate - become dissimilar or less similar
   • dissimilate - become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities
   • change magnitude - change in size or magnitude
   • modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme
   • deaden - become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
   • break - be broken in
   • crumble, decay, dilapidate - fall into decay or ruin
   • mildew, mold - become moldy; spoil due to humidity
   • hydrate - become hydrated and combine with water
   • dry, dry out - become dry or drier
   • strengthen - gain strength
   • distil, distill - undergo the process of distillation
   • deoxidise, deoxidize, reduce - to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
   • crack - break into simpler molecules by means of heat
   • oxidate, oxidise, oxidize - add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
   • oxidate, oxidise, oxidize - enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
   • grow - become attached by or as if by the process of growth
   • mellow, mellow out, melt - become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
   • soften - become soft or softer
   • ionise, ionize - become converted into ions
   • stabilise, stabilize - become stable or more stable
   • destabilise, destabilize - become unstable
   • lighten, lighten up - become lighter
   • color, colour, discolor, discolour - change color, often in an undesired manner
   • discolor - lose color or turn colorless
   • contract, narrow - make or become more narrow or restricted
   • darken - become dark or darker
   • dim - become dim or lusterless
   • boil - immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
   • break, check, crack - become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
   • transpire - come to light; become known
   • resume, take up - return to a previous location or condition
   • change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
   • sublimate, sublime - vaporize and then condense right back again
   • cool, cool down, cool off - lose intensity
   • warm up - become more friendly or open
   • warm, warm up - get warm or warmer
   • metamorphose, transform, transmute - change in outward structure or looks
   • convert - change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief
   • dull - become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
   • get used to - get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience
   • complexify, ramify - have or develop complicating consequences
   • americanise, americanize - become American in character
   • develop, modernise, modernize - become technologically advanced
   • stiffen - become stiff or stiffer
   • tighten - become tight or tighter
   • break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad - stop operating or functioning
   • give way, yield - end resistance, as under pressure or force
   • harden, indurate - become hard or harder
   • harden, indurate - make hard or harder
   • suffuse - to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
   • hush - become quiet or still; fall silent
   • normalise, normalize - become normal or return to its normal state
   • reorient - set or arrange in a new or different determinate position
   • purify - become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin
   • digest - become assimilated into the body
   • regress - go back to a statistical means
   • foul - become soiled and dirty
   • decalcify - lose calcium or calcium compounds
   • industrialise, industrialize - develop industry; become industrial
   • decarboxylate - lose a carboxyl group
   • spot - become spotted
   • find, get, incur, obtain, receive - receive a specified treatment (abstract)
   • acetylate, acetylise, acetylize - receive substitution of an acetyl group
   • acquire, adopt, assume, take, take on - take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
   • prim - assume a prim appearance
   • capacitate - cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
   • caseate - become cheeselike
   • caseate - turn into cheese
   • clinker - turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
   • cure - be or become preserved
   • dawn - become light
   • salinate - add salt to
   • desalinate, desalinise, desalinize, desalt - remove salt from
   • shallow, shoal - become shallow
   • steepen - become steeper
   • superannuate - become obsolete
   • ulcerate - undergo ulceration
   • vitrify - undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
   • vulcanise, vulcanize - undergo vulcanization
   • dull, pall - become less interesting or attractive
   • become flat, die, pall - lose sparkle or bouquet
   • saponify - become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali
   • go, move, run - progress by being changed
   • come - reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
   • catch - be struck or affected by
   • catch on - become popular
   • develop, grow - grow emotionally or mature
   • fly - change quickly from one emotional state to another
   • acquire, develop, evolve - gain through experience
   • assibilate - change into a sibilant
   • smoothen - become smooth
   • turn on - become hostile towards
   • drop - change from one level to another
   • break into - change pace
   • change, deepen - become deeper in tone
   • concretise, concretize - become specific
   • decay - undergo decay or decomposition
   • commute, transpose - exchange positions without a change in value
   • introject - incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously
   • shift - change in quality
   • swing - alternate dramatically between high and low values
   • fall - be cast down
   • fall - assume a disappointed or sad expression
   • reflate - economics: experience reflation
   • hydrolyse, hydrolyze - undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water
   • fold, fold up - become folded or folded up
   • gelatinise, gelatinize - become gelatinous or change into a jelly
   • felt, felt up, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up - change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
   • recombine - undergo genetic recombination
   • feminise, feminize - assume (more) feminine characteristics
   • obsolesce - become obsolete, fall into disuse
   • plasticise, plasticize - become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added
   • recede - become faint or more distant
   • defervesce - experience an abatement of a fever
   • incandesce - become incandescent or glow with heat
   • calcify - become inflexible and unchanging
   • drift - be subject to fluctuation
   • play out - become spent or exhausted
   • conjugate - undergo conjugation
   • isomerise, isomerize - change into an isomer
   • evaporate, vaporise - change into a vapor
   • indurate - become fixed or established
   • gradate - pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another
   • keratinise, keratinize - become horny and impregnated with keratin
   • opacify - become opaque
   • mature - become due for repayment
   • rejuvenate - develop youthful topographical features
   • sequester - undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
   • transaminate - undergo transfer from one compound to another
   • vesiculate - become vesicular or full of air cells
   • undulate - increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves
   • vascularise, vascularize - become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids
   • crash - undergo a sudden and severe downturn
   • professionalise, professionalize - become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
   • shift - change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
   • flip, flip out - go mad, go crazy
   • gum - become sticky
   • repress - block the action of
   • shear - become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
   • damage - suffer or be susceptible to damage
   • synthesize - combine and form a synthesis
   • come around, come round - change one's position or opinion
   • promote - be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
   • divide, part, separate - come apart
   • arrange, format - set (printed matter) into a specific format
   • fall for - fall in love with; become infatuated with
   • ascend, move up, rise - move to a better position in life or to a better job
   • change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture
   • settle - become clear by the sinking of particles
   • break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way - break down, literally or metaphorically
   • undergo - pass through
   • solarise, solarize - become overexposed
   • occult - become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
   • pass - transfer to another; of rights or property
   • depart, leave, pull up stakes - remove oneself from an association with or participation in
   • liberalise, liberalize - become more liberal
   • stratify - develop different social levels, classes, or castes
   • democratise, democratize - become (more) democratic; of nations
   • loosen, relax - become less severe or strict
   • reticulate - form a net or a network
   • flocculate - form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
   • carbonate - turn into a carbonate
   • come in - come into fashion; become fashionable
   • go out - go out of fashion; become unfashionable
   • stagnate - cause to stagnate
   • make - undergo fabrication or creation
   • frost over, ice over, ice up - become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window
3. Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence (synset 200122978)
   "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
   subtypes:

   • alternate, jump - go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
   • crackle - to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
   • modulate - vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
   • avianise, avianize - to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo
   • move - go or proceed from one point to another
   • accommodate, adapt - make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
   • let out, widen - make (clothes) larger
   • take in - make (clothes) smaller
   • branch out, broaden, diversify - vary in order to spread risk or to expand
   • diversify, radiate - spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
   • narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize - become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
   • honeycomb - make full of cavities, like a honeycomb
   • break - vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
   same as: alter, vary
4. Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another (synset 200551194)
   "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
   subtypes:

   • transition - make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)
   • shift - change gears
   • break - change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
   • channel-surf, surf - switch channels, on television
   • jump, leap - pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
   • diphthongise, diphthongize - change from a simple vowel to a diphthong
   • cut - make an abrupt change of image or sound
   • break - change directions suddenly
   same as: shift, switch
   verb group:

   • change, commute, convert, exchange - exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
   • change - change clothes; put on different clothes
5. Change clothes;
   Put on different clothes (synset 200169266)
   "Change before you go to the opera"
   is a type of: dress, get dressed - put on clothes
   verb group: change, shift, switch - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
6. Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category (synset 200161033)
   "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
   is a type of: replace - substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
   subtypes:

   • rectify - convert into direct current
   • utilize - convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
   • capitalise, capitalize - convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
   • launder - convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones
   • break - exchange for smaller units of money
   same as: commute, convert, exchange
   verb group: change, shift, switch - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
7. Give to, and receive from, one another (synset 202262178)
   "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
   is a type of: transfer - cause to change ownership
   subtypes:

   • sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
   • cash, cash in - exchange for cash
   • ransom, redeem - exchange or buy back for money; under threat
   • redeem - to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
   • fill in, stand in, sub, substitute - be a substitute
   • swap, switch, swop, trade - exchange or give (something) in exchange for
   • barter - exchange goods without involving money
   • trade, trade in - turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
   same as: exchange, interchange
8. Change from one vehicle or transportation line to another (synset 202092508)
   "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"
   is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   same as: transfer
9. Become deeper in tone (synset 200552287)
   "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   same as: deepen
10. Remove or replace the coverings of (synset 200163059)
    "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens"
    is a type of: replace - substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)

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