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convertnoun a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sectthe converts were the most vocal and fervent worshippers in the church neophyte, proselyte regeneratenewcomer, novice, novitiate, recruitcatechumen one who follows the opinions or teachings of anotherthe British biologist T. H. Huxley was one of the earliest converts to Darwin's theory of evolution acolyte, adherent, disciple, epigone, follower, liege man, partisan(also partizan), pupil, votarist, votary apostle, missionary, proselytizer, soldierfaithful, loyalistadvocate, backer, champion, supporterprotégé, scholar, studentideologist, ideologue(also idealogue), sectarianadmirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, idolater(or idolator), worshipper(or worshiper), zealotapparatchik, camp follower, flunky(also flunkey or flunkie), hanger-on, henchman, lackey, lickspittle, minion, myrmidon, satellite, stooge, sycophant, toady, yes-man coryphaeus, leader apostate, defector, renegade, traitor, turncoat to persuade to change to one's religious faithyoung missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people to change in form, appearance, or usethe old factory was converted into an apartment building alchemize, make over, metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate adjust, alter, modify, recastredefine, redesign, redo, reengineer, refashion, regenerate, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, varydeform, disfigure, distort, mutate, transmogrifydisplace, replace, substitute, supplant to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requestmany who used to insist that global warming was a myth have since been converted argue, bring, bring around, convince, gain, get, induce, move, persuade, prevail (on or upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over) blandish, blarney, cajole, coax, entreat, exhort, fast-talk, urge, wheedleallure, beguile, lead on, lure, seduce, snow, temptbrainwash, overpersuadeincline, influence, prompt, sell, swayattract, draw, entice, interestchew over, converse, debate, discuss, dispute, hash (over), mootreason (with) deter, discourage, dissuade, unsell to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual rightthe bailee converted the goods to his own use appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, expropriate, pirate, preempt, press, seize, take over, usurp annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequesterassume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrestdespoil, loot, pillageencroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespassembezzle, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate v.transform, metamorphose, transmute, convert, transmogrify, transfigure mean to change a thing into a different thing.transform implies a major change in form, nature, or function.transformed a small company into a corporate giant metamorphose suggests an abrupt or startling change induced by or as if by magic or a supernatural power.awkward girls metamorphosed into graceful ballerinas transmute implies transforming into a higher element or thing.attempted to transmute lead into gold convert implies a change fitting something for a new or different use or function.converted the study into a nursery transmogrify suggests a strange or preposterous metamorphosis.a story in which a frog is transmogrified into a prince transfigure implies a change that exalts or glorifies.joy transfigured her face in the 14th century |