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transform has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
subject to a mathematical transformation
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
“This experience transformed her completely”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for transform come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
change from one form or medium into another
“Braque translated collage into oil”
convert (one form of energy) to another
“transform energy to light”
change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)