| Main Entry: | reclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into usable condition |
Synonyms: |
convert, recondition, recover, recover, recycle, redeem, regenerate, remodel, rescue, restore, salvage |
| Main Entry: | reclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restore |
Synonyms: |
domesticate, recall, recover, reform, refurbish, regenerate, repair, resolve, restitute, salvage, save, tame, train |
Antonyms: |
abandon, forfeit |
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
Synonyms: |
accost, arouse, ask for, assert, beard, brave, call for, call out, claim, confront, cross, dare, defy, demand, denounce, exact, face down, face off, face the music, fly in the face of, hang in, impeach, impose, impugn, inquire, insist upon, investigate, invite competition, make a point of, make a stand, object to, provoke, query, reclaim, require, search out, stand up to, stick it out, stimulate, summon, tax, test, throw down the gauntlet, try, vindicate |
Antonyms: |
agreement, answer, decision, victory |
| Main Entry: | civilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make cultured; develop |
Synonyms: |
acculturate, acquaint, advance, better, cultivate, edify, educate, elevate, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, ethicize, foster, help forward, humanize, idealize, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, polish, promote, reclaim, refine, sophisticate, spiritualize, tame, uplift |
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, adjust |
Synonyms: |
alter, ameliorate, amend, better, change, clean up, clean up act, cure, debug, do over, doctor*, edit, emend, fiddle with, fix up, get with it, go over, help, improve, launder, make over, make right, make up for, mend, pay dues, pick up, polish, put in order, reclaim, reconstruct, rectify, redress, reform, regulate, remedy, remodel, reorganize, repair, retouch, review, revise, right, scrub, set right, set straight, shape up, straighten out, touch up, turn around, upgrade |
Antonyms: |
blow, blunder, goof, mistake |
| Main Entry: | domesticate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tame; habituate |
Synonyms: |
acclimatize, accustom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bust, corral, domiciliate, familiarize, gentle, herd, hitch, housetrain, naturalize, raise, reclaim, round up, subdue, teach, train, yoke |
| Main Entry: | get back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regain |
Synonyms: |
reclaim, recoup, recover, repossess, retrieve, salvage |
Antonyms: |
lose, miss, pass |
| Main Entry: | recover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find again |
Synonyms: |
balance, bring back, catch up, compensate, get back, make good, obtain again, offset, reacquire, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recruit, redeem, rediscover, regain, reoccupy, repair, replevin, replevy, repossess, rescue, restore, resume, retake, retrieve, salvage, take back, win back |
Antonyms: |
lose, mislay, miss |
| Main Entry: | recycle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reuse |
Synonyms: |
convert, reclaim, recover, reprocess, salvage, save |