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| Main Entry: | repair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restoration, fixing |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, darn, improvement, mend, overhaul, patch, reconstruction, reformation, rehabilitation, replacement, substitution, new part |
| Antonyms: | breaking, damage, destruction, harm, hurt, injury, neglect, wrecking |
| Main Entry: | repair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, restore |
| Synonyms: | correct, darn, debug*, do up*, doctor*, emend, heal, improve, mend, overhaul, patch, patch up, rebuild, recover, rectify, redress, reform, refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, retrieve, revamp, revive, right, settle, sew, square*, touch up, compensate for, fiddle with, give a face-lift, make good, make up for, put back together, put in order, put right, recondition, retread |
| Antonyms: | break, damage, destroy, hurt, injure, ruin, spoil, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave; retire |
| Synonyms: | apply, fare, go, hie, journey, move, pass, proceed, process, recur, refer, remove, resort, run, travel, turn, wend, withdraw, betake oneself, head for, push on, set off for |
| Antonyms: | maintain, remain, stay |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | cruise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sail |
| Synonyms: | boat, coast, drift, fare, gad, gallivant, go, hie, jaunt, journey, meander, navigate, pass, proceed, repair, travel, voyage, wend, keep steady pace, push on, wander about |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | do up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically prepare; fix |
| Synonyms: | clean, doctor, enclose, finish, launder, mend, overhaul, package, patch, rebuild, reconstruct, repair, revamp, wash, wrap, gift-wrap, recondition |
| Antonyms: | hurt, injure, ruin |
| Main Entry: | face-lift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beautification; cosmetic surgery |
| Synonyms: | nose job, plastic surgery, renovation, repair, restoration, revival, new look, rhytidectomy |
| Main Entry: | fix up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare, beautify |
| Synonyms: | deck*, dress up, furnish, primp, provide, rehabilitate, repair, spruce up*, gussy up, smarten, spiff |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, deface, defile, uglify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cure, recover |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, ameliorate, attend, bring around, compose, conciliate, convalesce, doctor, dress, fix, free, harmonize, improve, knit, meliorate, mend, patch up, rebuild, reconcile, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resuscitate, revive, salve, set, settle, soothe, treat, get well, make healthy, make sound, make well, make whole, medicate, minister to, physic, put on feet again, reanimate, revivify |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | journey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel |
| Synonyms: | circuit, cruise, fare, fly, go, hie, hop, jaunt, jet, junket, knock about*, pass, proceed, process, ramble, range, repair, roam, rove, safari, tour, traverse, trek, voyage, wander, wend, globe trot, go places, peregrinate, push on, take a trip |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intertwine |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, affix, ally, bind, cable, connect, contract, fasten, heal, interlace, intermingle, join, link, loop, mend, net, repair, secure, sew, spin, tie, unite, weave, web, crochet, purl |
| Antonyms: | unknit |
| Main Entry: | mend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, improve, fix |
| Synonyms: | aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, gain, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew, fiddle with, get better, get well, recondition, refit |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken |
| Main Entry: | overhaul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | redo, restore |
| Synonyms: | check, debug, do up*, doctor*, examine, fix, improve, inspect, mend, modernize, patch, rebuild, reconstruct, reexamine, renew, repair, revamp, service, survey, fiddle with, give facelift, recondition, retread |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | patch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, mend |
| Synonyms: | cover, darn, do up, overhaul, rebuild, reconstruct, reinforce, repair, revamp, sew, cobble, fiddle with, recondition, retread |
| Antonyms: | break, damage, rend, tear |
| Main Entry: | piece |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put together |
| Synonyms: | assemble, combine, compose, create, fix, join, make, mend, patch, repair, restore, unite |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | push off/push on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave; go to another place |
| Synonyms: | beat it*, continue, depart, exit, fare, go, hie, hit the road*, journey, launch, light out, pass, proceed, process, pull out, quit, repair, shove off, start, take off, travel, wend, withdraw, get away, get lost, go away, keep going, make oneself scarce, make progress |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reconstruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reorganize, build up |
| Synonyms: | copy, deduce, do up*, doctor*, fix, fix up, modernize, overhaul, patch, rebuild, reestablish, reform, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, repair, replace, reproduce, restore, revamp, rework, make over, piece together, reassemble, recast, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, refashion, remake, remold, reorient, reshuffle, retool |
| Antonyms: | destroy, raze, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recruit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather resources |
| Synonyms: | augment, better, build up, call to arms, deliver, draft, engage, enlist, enroll, gain, impress, improve, induct, levy, mobilize, muster, obtain, procure, proselytize, raise, recoup, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain, reinforce, renew, repair, replenish, repossess, restore, retrieve, revive, round up, select, strengthen, supply, take in, take on, call up, fill up, find human resources, reanimate, sign on, sign up, store up, win over |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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