Antonyms of adj metamorphic
1 of 2 senses of metamorphic
Sense 2
metamorphic (vs. nonmetamorphic) -- (characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance)
nonmetamorphic (vs. metamorphic) -- (not metamorphic)
=> ametabolic -- (undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis)
Similarity of adj metamorphic
2 senses of metamorphic
Sense 1
metamorphic, metamorphous -- (of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks); "metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish")
Sense 2
metamorphic (vs. nonmetamorphic) -- (characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance)
=> epimorphic -- (characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages)
=> hemimetabolous, hemimetabolic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetamorphic -- ((of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult)
=> heterometabolous, heterometabolic -- ((of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage)
=> holometabolic, holometabolous -- ((of an insect) undergoing complete metamorphosis)
=> metamorphous -- (produced by metamorphosis; "most insects are metamorphic as witness the stages as a butterfly develops from a caterpillar")
=> changed -- (changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism; "metamorphic rocks")