before and after
Transformation photo pair
Before and after describes the contrast between two states separated by a significant change or event.
The phrase typically accompanies images or descriptions showing transformation: The before and after photos were dramatic.
Weight loss programs, home renovations, and makeovers rely heavily on before-and-after comparisons to demonstrate results.
- transformationThorough change in form
- makeoverComplete appearance overhaul
- plastic surgeryBody reconstruction medicine
- glow upStriking positive change
- changeTo make different
comparison · previous · following · prior · later · then · now · then and now · reveal · contrast · earlier · subsequent · timeline · time lapse · sequence · progress · results · dramatic
- chronological ordertimeline, calendar, date order, year by year, start to finish
- Gym Culturegym, lift, reps, rep, gains
- Makeover ShowsQueer Eye, Extreme Makeover, Fixer Upper, Property Brothers
- tabloidsNational Enquirer, TMZ, Daily Mail, People, Globe
- contrastsopposites, antithesis, polarity, dichotomy, duality
- Then vs Nowpast and present, old and new, throwback, flashback, transformation
before and aftersnapshot
Informal photograph taken quickly
frozen in time · instant · cross-section · still life · simultaneous
before and afterunchanged
Not modified at all
unaltered · no change · same as always · status quo · constant
before, after, fore, afore, beforehand, hereafter, thereafter, afterward, afterwards