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| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make prepared, adapted |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, conform, dispose, doctor*, fine-tune, fit, fix, fix up, habituate, harmonize, modify, order, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, settle, suit, tailor, tune, acclimatize, do as Romans do, fiddle with, get act together, get it together, grin and bear it, make conform, quadrate, swim with the tide, tailor-make |
| Antonyms: | confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mechanically alter, especially to |
| Synonyms: | align, balance, connect, correct, fine-tune, fit, fix, focus, grind, improve, mend, overhaul, polish, readjust, rectify, regulate, renovate, repair, service, set, sharpen, square, tighten, tune up, bring into line, calibrate, improve accommodate, put in working order, troubleshoot |
| Antonyms: | derange, disarrange, unsuit |
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into agreement or to a standard |
| Synonyms: | accord, allocate, arrange, clarify, conclude, conform, coordinate, doctor*, fine-tune, fix up, grade, modify, organize, reconcile, regulate, settle, sort, standardize, straighten, systematize, tally, fiddle with, methodize |
| Antonyms: | confuse, derange, unfit, unsuit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make, become suitable for something |
| Synonyms: | accord, accustom, adapt, adjust, agree, attune, bend over backwards*, comply, compose, conform, coordinate, correspond, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, fit, go by the book, go with the flow, harmonize, integrate, make consistent, modify, play the game, proportion, reconcile, settle, shape up, suit, tailor, tailor-make, tune |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, unsuit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acquiesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree with some reluctance |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, allow, approve, buy, come across, comply, concur, conform, consent, cry uncle*, cut a deal*, ditto*, give in, jibe*, okay, pass, play ball*, reconcile, set, submit, subscribe, yes, yield, bow to, cave in*, come around, give out, go along, roll over and play dead, say uncle, shake on |
| Antonyms: | disagree, dissent, object, protest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | align |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | line up, arrange next to |
| Synonyms: | adjust, coordinate, even, fix, order, range, regulate, straighten, allineate, even up, make parallel |
| Antonyms: | divide, mess up, separate |
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, develop, diversify, doctor, metamorphose, modify, mutate, reconstruct, reform, remodel, renovate, revamp, revise, shift, transform, turn, vary, correct mid-course, dial back, fine tune, make different, phony up, recalibrate, recast, refashion, reshape, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, fix, keep, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain, let stand |
| Main Entry: | arbitrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve settlement |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, adjust, bring to terms, conciliate, decide, determine, interpose, intervene, judge, mediate, meet halfway, negotiate, parley, placate, play ball*, reconcile, referee, settle, smooth, soothe, step in, umpire, come to school, come to terms, hammer out a deal, make a deal, pass judgment, straighten out, strike happy medium, trade off, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | let ride |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make plans, often involving agreement |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, harmonize, iron out*, lay out, manage, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, resolve, schedule, scheme, settle, tailor, work out, come to terms, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, line up, make a connection, make ready, map out, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, set stage, shape up, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, not plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make equal; cause to have equilibrium |
| Synonyms: | accord, adjust, attune, cancel, collate, come out, compensate, correspond, counteract, counterbalance, equalize, equate, even, harmonize, level, match, neutralize, nullify, offset, oppose, parallel, poise, readjust, redeem, set, square, stabilize, steady, tie, weigh, come out even, make up for, pair off |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, unbalance, overbalance |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make equal numerically |
| Synonyms: | adjust, audit, calculate, compute, count, enumerate, equate, estimate, figure, settle, square, sum up, tally, total |
| Antonyms: | unbalance |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compute or estimate amount |
| Synonyms: | account, add, adjust, appraise, assay, cast, cipher, consider, count, determine, divide, enumerate, figure, forecast, foretell, gauge, guess, judge, measure, multiply, number, rate, reckon, subtract, sum, tally, value, weigh, work out, dope out*, keep tabs, size up, take account of, tot, tote up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become different |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, temper, transform, translate, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp, make innovations, make over, recondition, remake, restyle, tamper with, transfigure, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | comb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange hair |
| Synonyms: | adjust, card, cleanse, curry, disentangle, dress, groom, rasp, scrape, separate, smooth, sort, straighten, tease, untangle, hackle, hatchel, lay smooth |
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calm, bring under control |
| Synonyms: | adjust, allay, appease, arrange, assuage, balm, check, collect, comfort, console, contain, control, cool, ease, lessen, let up, lull, mitigate, moderate, modulate, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, reconcile, regulate, rein, relax, repress, resolve, restrain, settle, slacken, smother, soften, solace, soothe, still, suppress, temper, tranquilize, becalm, ease up, hold in, re-collect, simmer down, tune down |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' |
| Antonyms: | agitate, anger, arouse, distress, excite, upset |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give and take |
| Synonyms: | adjust, agree, arbitrate, compose, compound, concede, conciliate, meet halfway, negotiate, settle, find happy medium, find middle ground, go fifty-fifty, make a deal, make concession, play ball with, split the difference, strike balance, trade off |
| Antonyms: | contest, differ, disagree, dispute, dissent, quarrel |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to terms |
| Synonyms: | accept offer, adjust, agree, arrange, assent, bargain, become indebted, bound, buy, circumscribe, clinch, close, come around, commit, consent, covenant, dicker*, engage, enter into, firm a deal, give one's word, go along with, hammer out deal, initial*, ink, it's a deal, limit, make terms, negotiate, obligate, owe, pact, pledge, promise, put in writing, set, settle, shake hands on it, sign for, sign papers, sign up, stipulate, swear to, undertake, work out details |
| Antonyms: | break off, disagree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curb, hold back |
| Synonyms: | adjust, awe, bridle, check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, cool, corner, cow, limit, monopolize, quell, regulate, repress, restrain, smother, subdue, rein in, simmer down* |
| Antonyms: | chance, risk, rush, jump in, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coordinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | match, relate |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adjust, agree, atune, combine, conduce, conform, correlate, get it together, get one's act together, harmonize, integrate, mesh, organize, pool, proportion, pull together, quarterback, reconcile, reconciliate, regulate, shape up, synchronize, systematize, team up |
| Antonyms: | disintegrate, mismatch, uncoordinate, unrelate |
| Main Entry: | debug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | troubleshoot |
| Synonyms: | adjust, correct, fix, iron out, remedy, repair, unravel, untangle, remove errors, sort out, straighten out, unscramble, work the bugs out of |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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