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Synonyms for metamorphosis

The synonym for metamorphosis recorded in this bank is transfiguration, in the sense "a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for metamorphosis

transfigurationnoun, in the sense "a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for metamorphosis.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampActions

a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

The metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

transfiguration

Same sentence, swapped: The transfiguration of the old house into something new and exciting.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot metamorphosis is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

qualification
misdirection
reorganization

Where metamorphosis turns up in the game

metamorphosis is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play metamorphosis

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so metamorphosis reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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