| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make firm |
Synonyms: |
affix, anchor, attach, bind, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, freeze to, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, infix, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down, pin, place, plant, position, rigidify, rivet, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, stay put, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie |
Antonyms: |
change, destroy, disarrange, disorganize, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | determine, decide |
Synonyms: |
agree on, appoint, arrange, arrive at, conclude, define, establish, limit, name, resolve, set, settle, solve, specify, work, work out |
Antonyms: |
disturb, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mend, repair |
Synonyms: |
adjust, amend, correct, debug, do up, doctor, emend, face-lift, fiddle with, overhaul, patch, put to rights, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, retread, revamp, revise, see to, sort, tune up |
Antonyms: |
break, corrupt, destroy, unfix |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare, plan ahead |
Synonyms: |
arrange, dispose, frame, prearrange, precontrive, predesign, preorder, preplan, put up, rig, set up, stack the deck |
Antonyms: |
forget, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | focus on |
Synonyms: |
concenter, concentrate, direct, fasten, fixate, level at, put, rivet |
Antonyms: |
ignore, look away |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook a meal |
Synonyms: |
fit, get, get ready, heat, make, make up, microwave, prepare, ready, warm, whip up |
Antonyms: |
eat out |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manipulate, influence an event |
Synonyms: |
bribe, buy, buy off, corrupt, fiddle, have, lubricate, maneuver, pull strings, reach, square, suborn, tamper with |
Antonyms: |
play fair |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wreak vengeance on |
Synonyms: |
cook someone's goose, get even, get revenge, get*, hurt, pay back, punish, take retribution |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | fixing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repairing |
Synonyms: |
adapting, adjusting, adjustment, arranging, mending, ordering, repairing |
| Main Entry: | adhere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick or become stuck to, either physically or mentally |
Synonyms: |
attach, cement, cleave, cling like ivy, cohere, fasten, fix, freeze to, glue, hold fast, hold on like bulldog, paste, stay put, stick like a barnacle, stick like glue, unite |
| Notes: | only things of a different nature can adhere; cohere is for things of the same kind that stick together and form a whole |
Antonyms: |
loose, loosen, separate, unfasten |