Convert

Noun

 * 1) A person who has converted his or her religion.
 * 2) A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.

Verb

 * 1)  To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
 * 2)  To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
 * 3)  To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief.
 * 4)  To exchange for something of equal value.
 * 5)  To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
 * 6)  To express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
 * 7)  To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
 * 8)  To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
 * 9)  To score a spare.
 * 10)  To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief.
 * 11)  To become converted.

Adjectives for Convert
proposed; immovable; enthusiastic; docile; devout; irrevocable.

Verbs for Convert
baptize—; direct—; gather—s; guide—; lead—s; make—; preach to—; —accepts; —acknowledges; —changes; —embraces; —falls from grace; —forsakes; —gains; —professes; —rallies;  —substitutes;  — transfers.

Adverbs for Convert
enthusiastically; conscientiously; rationally; religiously; frequently; sincerely; passionately; irresistibly; intellectually; alterably; solemnly.

Synonyms for Convert
alter, adapt, turn (from), change, metamorphose,  resolve, transform, transmute,  transfigure,  modify, appropriate.

Antonyms for Convert
deconvert, let be, fix, endure, remain,  retain, maintain, persist,  keep.

Derived terms

 * converter
 * convertible
 * downconvert
 * upconvert

Related terms

 * conversion

Thesaurus
adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, apostate, apostle, apply, assimilate to, assure, backslider, be convincing, become, befoul, believer, bend, better, bias, bolter, break up, bring, bring home to, bring over, bring round, bring to, bring to reason, budge, carry conviction, carve, catechumen, change, change into, change over, chisel, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, clear the trade, close out, collaborationist, collaborator, communicant, commute, convict, convince, cultivate, daily communicant, debase, defalcate, defector, defile, deform, denature, desecrate, deserter, devotee, devotionalist, disciple, diversify, divert, do over, drive home to, dump, embezzle, employ, evert, extract, fabricate, fanatic, fifth columnist, fit, follower, forge, foul, give salvation, good Christian, grow, harvest, impel, improve, incline, inspire belief, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, lead, lead to believe, liquidate, machine, make, make over, maladminister, manufacture, meliorate, metamorphose, mill, mine, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, mitigate, modify, modulate, move, mugwump, mutate, naturalize, neophyte, overthrow, peculate, persuade, pervert, pietist, pilfer, pollute, process, profane, pronate, proselyte, proselytize, prostitute, pump, qualify, quisling, raise, re-create, realign, rear, rebuild, receiver, recidivist, reconstruct, reconvert, recreant, redeem, redesign, reduce to, refine, refit, reform, regenerate, religionist, remake, remodel, render, renegade, renegado, renegate, renew, reshape, resolve into, restructure, resupinate, revamp, reverse, reversionist, revive, revolve, ring the changes, rotate, runagate, saint, satisfy, save, schismatic, seceder, secessionist, sell, sell one on, sell out, sell short, separatist, shift, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, smelt, strikebreaker, subvert, supinate, sway, switch, switch over, talk over, tergiversant, tergiversator, terminate the account, theist, traitor, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate, truster, turn about, turn around, turn back, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn into, turn out, turn over, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, unload, use, utilize, vary, violate, votary, win over, work a change, worsen, zealot

Etymology
From convertir:, from  converto:

Pronunciation
Noun

Verb

Noun

 * Finnish: käännynnäinen
 * French:
 * German: Konvertit
 * Greek: προσήλυτος


 * Hebrew: מומר, מומרת
 * Irish: iompaitheach
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: käännynnäinen
 * French: reconverti


 * Greek: νεοφώτιστος
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Basque: bilakatu, bihurtu
 * Bulgarian: превръщам
 * Esperanto: konverti
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: konvertieren,umwandeln


 * Greek: μετατρέπω
 * Italian:
 * Pashto:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: обръщам
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek: μετατρέπω


 * Italian:
 * Pashto: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: обръщам
 * Finnish: käännyttää
 * Greek: προσηλυτίζω


 * Hungarian: áttérít, megtérít
 * Pashto:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Pashto:


 * Bulgarian: превръщам
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Pashto:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: обръщам се
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: превръщам се


 * Finnish: ,