| 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: | reconcile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resign oneself to something |
Synonyms: |
accept, accommodate, get used to, make the best of, put up with, resign, submit, yield |
Antonyms: |
divorce, estrange |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | acquiesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree with some reluctance |
Synonyms: |
accede, accept, accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, allow, approve, bow to, buy, cave in, come across, come around, comply, concur, conform, consent, cry uncle, cut a deal, ditto*, give in, give out, go along, jibe, okay, pass, play ball, reconcile, roll over and play dead, say uncle, set, shake on, submit, subscribe, yes, yield |
Antonyms: |
disagree, dissent, object, protest |
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
Synonyms: |
acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, come around, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get act together, get used to, grow used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, play the game, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, roll with punches, shape, shape up, square, suit, tailor |
Antonyms: |
disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make prepared, adapted |
Synonyms: |
acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, conform, dispose, do as Romans do, doctor*, fiddle with, fine-tune, fit, fix, fix up, get act together, get it together, grin and bear it, habituate, harmonize, make conform, modify, order, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, settle, suit, swim with the tide, tailor, tailor-make, tune |
Antonyms: |
confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, upset |
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into agreement or to a standard |
Synonyms: |
accord, allocate, arrange, clarify, conclude, conform, coordinate, doctor*, fiddle with, fine-tune, fix up, grade, methodize, modify, organize, reconcile, regulate, settle, sort, standardize, straighten, systematize, tally |
Antonyms: |
confuse, derange, unfit, unsuit |
| Main Entry: | arbitrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve settlement |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, adjudicate, adjust, bring to terms, come to school, come to terms, conciliate, decide, determine, hammer out a deal, interpose, intervene, judge, make a deal, mediate, meet halfway, negotiate, parley, pass judgment, placate, play ball, reconcile, referee, settle, smooth, soothe, step in, straighten out, strike happy medium, trade off, umpire, work out a deal |
Antonyms: |
let ride |
| Main Entry: | atone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate; make amends for former misdoing |
Synonyms: |
absolve, answer, apologize, appease, balance, correct, counterbalance, do penance, expiate, make amends, make redress, make reparation, make up for, offset, outweigh, pay, pay one's dues, propitiate, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, set off, square, take one's medicine |
| Main Entry: | attune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust |
Synonyms: |
acclimatize, accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, balance, compensate, conform, coordinate, counterbalance, familiarize, harmonize, integrate, make agree, proportion, reconcile, regulate, tune |