become
Grow to be
Become marks a transition into a new state.
Ice becomes water.
A caterpillar becomes a butterfly.
People become doctors, become angry, become parents.
What's become of her? asks about someone's current state or fate.
Something becomes you if it suits or flatters you: That color becomes you.
Becoming as an adjective means attractive or appropriate.
Profound biological restructuring
- transformationThorough change in form
- convertChange in form or faith
- morphChange form gradually
- changeTo make different
turn into · evolve · shift · transition · transmute · transfigure · alter · develop
Develop into adulthood
- ageDuration of existence
- ripenReach edible maturity
- developCause gradual growth
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
flourish · come of age · mature · season · mellow · progress · advance · unfold
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
- transformationThorough change in form
- convertChange in form or faith
- morphChange form gradually
change · turn into · evolve · shift · transition · transmute · transfigure · alter · develop · emerge
grow up
Develop into adulthood
blossom · flourish · come of age · mature · season · mellow · progress · advance · unfold · bloom
turn
Rotational movement
come · fall · run · prove · end up · wind up · turn out · come to be
flatter
Praise to please
- complementWhat makes complete
- fitProper or healthy
- enhanceIncrease in quality
- become oneCombine into unity
- become ofEventual fate of
- to becomeChange into
- becoming a woman
- becoming one
- become clear
becoming, becomes, unbecoming, becomingly, unbecomingly, unbecomingness