conversion

/kənvˈɝʒən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an event that results in a transformation
2. a change in the units or form of an expression:
   “conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade”
3. a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
4. a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
5. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
6. a change of religion
   “his conversion to the Catholic faith”
7. interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
8. act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
9. the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another

Synonyms for conversion

• transition
• changeover
• rebirth
• spiritual rebirth

Words that rhyme with conversion

• inversion
• reversion
• version
• immersion
• aspersion
• dispersion
• diversion
• incursion
• perversion
• aversion
• excursion
• submersion
• subversion