TRANSUBSTANTIATE Synonyms: 33 Similar Words

transubstantiate

verb

ˌtran(t)-səb-ˈstan(t)-shē-ˌāt

Definition of transubstantiate

as in to transform

to change in form, appearance, or use the novelist transubstantiated the joys and sorrows of his early years into a charming fable about childhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of transubstantiate Just as the heat of Trinity forged sand into glass, that same device (and all after it) transubstantiated myth into reality. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025 But his concerns are the same as artists 500 years gone — how bodies can be transubstantiated into precious metal, and take on new meaning and value. — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020 Our fathers poured the gold like priests / transubstantiating molten for the world’s architecture. — Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019 Through football, a one-hour spectacle of peak human performance and perfect pageantry is transubstantiated in real time into the country’s sustaining mythology. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2017 And then there was Evie, the most beloved, who had transubstantiated into a postcard from Reno. — Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017

Recent Examples of Synonyms for transubstantiate

Verb

Since then, a growing movement across North America is attempting to transform ecological menaces into culinary commodities, from Florida to Hawai’i, British Columbia, Maine, and the Mississippi River basin.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Sabbagh predicts this could transform the space industry from having less than 10 million users of mobile satellite services to being able to reach billions of users.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of transform

Verb

That means the Heat will need to choose whether to convert one of its Exhibit 10 contract players to a two-way deal or waive them to transition them to its G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Swiss company Metafuels is working to convert clean electricity into jet fuel, while RIFT and Enerin, based in the Netherlands and Norway respectively, are delivering high-temperature industrial heat from electrons instead of gas.

— Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of convert

Browse Nearby Words

transposing

transubstantiate

transubstantiated

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Transubstantiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transubstantiate. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of transubstantiate

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

jilt

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

Popular in Wordplay

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes