to shapeshift

Examples

• All

• He can travel and shapeshift at will.

  Witchcraft 8: Salem's Ghost (1996)

• She has the magical ability to shapeshift, allowing her to take the form of anyone she desires.

• We all know they can shapeshift.

  Terminator Genisys (2015)

• OK, We know that they can shapeshift from the story of Cain.

• Can't you shapeshift or something?

  Moana (2016)

• I can shapeshift.

  Son of the Mask (2005)

• He could shapeshift.

  Bit (2019)

• Mishepeshu can shapeshift into, among other things, the form of a beautiful man, with copper skin, green eyes, and "a mouth as tender as a child's" (T, 11).

  Academic text (1997)

• Unfortunately, the place is crawling with Vril and I'm not hugely fond of shapeshifting reptilian humanoids.

  Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)

• Lilith could very well be the flipside of Samael, seeing as demons—the ruling ones—can shapeshift.

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Synonyms

C

to change

vsto shapeshift

∞ 1.0

To make something or someone different

is specific to personal physical alteration, often magical, not a general difference

T

to turn into

vsto shapeshift

890 2.2

To change into something different or make something change

often stresses magical self change in fiction rather than general becoming

T

to transform

vsto shapeshift

523 3.4

Change something a lot so it looks or works very differently

is specifically about personal physical alteration, especially by magical means

M

to morph

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76 5.8

To change smoothly from one form to another

implies sudden magical bodily alteration rather than a smooth gradual process

C

to change shape

vsto shapeshift

9 3.6

To become a different shape

often implies a magical or fictional self alteration rather than an ordinary one

T

to transmute

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8 7.5

To change something into a different form or material

focuses on material or substance conversion rather than personal bodily alteration

M

to metamorphose

vsto shapeshift

5 8.2

Change completely in form or appearance

focuses on personal, often magical bodily alteration rather than only dramatic transformation

C

to change form

vsto shapeshift

4 3.9

To become a different shape or look

typically refers to self transformation in magical fiction rather than general alteration

T

to transfigure

vsto shapeshift

• Literature

4 8.2

To change a person or thing so they look more beautiful and spiritual

emphasizes beautifying or spiritual elevation rather than simple physical form alteration

T

to transmogrify

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3 9.9

To change something into a very different form, often as if by magic

refers to altering one's own physical form, not just objects, often in fiction

S

to shapeshift into

vsto shapeshift

• Literature

9.4

Change into another form, like a person or animal, by magic

means the same but is used without adding a direction word

Phrasal Verbs

S

to shapeshift into

• Literature

9.4

Change into another form, like a person or animal, by magic

S

to shapeshift at will

9.9

To change your form or appearance whenever you want

How Complete

to metamorphose

5 8.2

to shapeshift

• Literature

3 8.6

to transform

523 3.4

to disguise

165 3.4

to alter

493 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology