| Main Entry: | mend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, improve, fix |
Synonyms: |
aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, fiddle with, gain, get better, get well, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, refit, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew |
Antonyms: |
break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken |
| Main Entry: | mending |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restoring |
Synonyms: |
adjustment, alteration, ameliorating, bettering, correcting, curing, enhancing, fixing, freshening, helping, patching up, rebuilding, rectifying, refreshing, relieving, remedying, remodeling, renewing, renovating, renovation, repair, repairing, restoration, reviving, tinkering |
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mechanically alter, especially to |
Synonyms: |
align, balance, bring into line, calibrate, connect, correct, fine-tune, fit, fix, focus, grind, improve, improve accommodate, mend, overhaul, polish, put in working order, readjust, rectify, regulate, renovate, repair, service, set, sharpen, square, tighten, troubleshoot, tune up |
Antonyms: |
derange, disarrange, unsuit |
| Main Entry: | adjustment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adaptation |
Synonyms: |
acclimation, acclimatization, alteration, arrangement, balancing, conformance, correcting, fitting, fixing, improvement, mending, modification, ordering, organization, organizing, orientation, readjustment, redress, regulating, regulation, repairing, setting, shaping, standardization, turning |
| Main Entry: | amend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, correct |
Synonyms: |
alter, ameliorate, better, change, elevate, enhance, fix, help, lift, make up for, mend, modify, pay one's dues, raise, rectify, reform, remedy, repair, revise, right, square* |
| Notes: | when you amend a text, you change it - usually for the better and when you emend a text, you simply correct the mistakes; whereas one can amend various aspects of conduct or behavior, emend is used if the issue at hand is that of a manuscript, speech, or literary product |
Antonyms: |
blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, harm, impair, injure, mar, reduce, subtract, worsen |
| Main Entry: | amendment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correction, improvement |
Synonyms: |
alteration, amelioration, betterment, change, correction, enhancement, improvement, mending, modification, rectification, reform, reformation, remedy, repair, revision |
Antonyms: |
worsening |
| Main Entry: | better |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improved in health |
Synonyms: |
convalescent, cured, fitter, fully recovered, healthier, improving, less ill, mending, more healthy, on the comeback trail, on the mend, on the road to recovery, out of the woods, over the hump, progressing, recovering, stronger, well |
Antonyms: |
more ill, sicker, unhealthy, worse |
| Main Entry: | better |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve performance; outdo |
Synonyms: |
advance, ameliorate, amend, beat, best, cap, correct, enhance, exceed, excel, forward, further, help, meliorate, mend, outshine, outstrip, promote, raise, rectify, refine, reform, revamp, surpass, top, transcend |
Antonyms: |
deteriorate, get worse, worsen |
| Main Entry: | botch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder |
Synonyms: |
blow*, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, fall down, flounder, flub, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, pull a boner, ruin, screw up, spoil, stumble, wreck |
Antonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, do well, succeed |
| Main Entry: | come along |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | progress, develop |
Synonyms: |
do well, get on, improve, mend, perk up, pick up, rally, recover, recuperate, show improvement |