Noun

• S: (n) metathesis (a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) linguistic process (a process involved in human language)
• S: (n) human process (a process in which human beings are involved)
• S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesis (a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB))