| Main Entry: | patch up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle differences |
Synonyms: |
adjust, appease, bury the hatchet, compensate, conciliate, make friends, mediate, negotiate, placate, restore, settle*, smooth |
Antonyms: |
argue, bicker, disagree, fight |
| Main Entry: | doctor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix up, treat |
Synonyms: |
administer, apply medication, attend, do up, fix, give treatment, medicate, mend, overhaul, patch up, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, repair, revamp, supply |
| Notes: | the word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach'); physician comes from Latin physica 'natural science; physics' |
Antonyms: |
harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | heal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cure, recover |
Synonyms: |
alleviate, ameliorate, attend, bring around, compose, conciliate, convalesce, doctor, dress, fix, free, get well, harmonize, improve, knit, make healthy, make sound, make well, make whole, medicate, meliorate, mend, minister to, patch up, physic, put on feet again, reanimate, rebuild, reconcile, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resuscitate, revive, revivify, salve, set, settle, soothe, treat |
Antonyms: |
harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | reconcile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make peace; adjust |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, accord, accustom, appease, arbitrate, arrange, assuage, attune, bring to terms, bring together, bury the hatchet, come together, compose, conciliate, conform, cool*, coordinate, fit, fix up, get together on, harmonize, integrate, intercede, kiss and make up, make matters up, make up, mediate, mitigate, pacify, patch things up, patch up, placate, propitiate, proportion, re-establish, reconciliate, rectify, regulate, resolve, restore harmony, reunite, settle, suit, tune, win over |
Antonyms: |
disagree, refuse |
| Main Entry: | repair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, restore |
Synonyms: |
compensate for, correct, darn, debug, do up, doctor*, emend, fiddle with, give a face-lift, heal, improve, make good, make up for, mend, overhaul, patch, patch up, put back together, put in order, put right, rebuild, recondition, recover, rectify, redress, reform, refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, retread, retrieve, revamp, revive, right, settle, sew, square*, touch up |
Antonyms: |
break, damage, destroy, hurt, injure, ruin, spoil, wreck |
| Main Entry: | touch up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix up; improve |
Synonyms: |
amend, brush up, do up, enhance, finish off, give a face-lift, gloss, make improvements, modify, patch up, perfect, polish, put finishing touches on, remodel, renew, renovate, repair, retouch, revamp, rework, round off, tease* |
Antonyms: |
break, damage, harm, hurt |
| Main Entry: | mended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restored |
Synonyms: |
abated, altered, ameliorated, bettered, changed, corrected, cured, doctored, enhanced, fixed, helped, improved, lessened, patched up, rebuilt, rectified, refreshed, refurbished, regenerated, regulated, rejuvenated, relieved, remedied, remodeled, renewed, renovated, reorganized, repaired, revived |
| Main Entry: | repaired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed |
Synonyms: |
adjusted, corrected, improved, mended, patched up, rebuilt, reconditioned, rectified, refinished, refurbished, remedied, remodeled, renewed, renovated, restored, righted, settled |
Antonyms: |
broken, damaged, torn, worn |
| Main Entry: | reunite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meet |
Synonyms: |
get together, join, make up*, meet again, patch up, reassemble, reconcile, reconvene, rejoin, reunify |
Antonyms: |
estrange, go separate ways, separate |