| Main Entry: | restore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, make new |
Synonyms: |
bring back, build up, cure, heal, improve, make healthy, make restitution, mend, modernize, reanimate, rebuild, recall, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recover, redeem, reerect, reestablish, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, reimpose, reinforce, reinstate, reintroduce, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, repair, replace, rescue, retouch, revitalize, revive, revivify, set to rights, strengthen, touch up, update, win back |
Antonyms: |
break, damage, destroy, hurt |
| Main Entry: | restore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back |
Synonyms: |
hand back, put back, replace, return, send back |
| Main Entry: | restored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebuilt |
Synonyms: |
reestablished, refreshed, renewed, repaired, replaced, returned, revived |
| Main Entry: | cleanse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty; wash |
Synonyms: |
absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, refine, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize |
Antonyms: |
dirty, soil, spot |
| Main Entry: | comfortable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good feeling |
Synonyms: |
adequate, agreeable, appropriate, at rest, cared for, cheerful, complacent, contented, convenient, cozy, delightful, easy, enjoyable, enjoying, gratified, hale, happy, healthy, hearty, loose, loose-fitting, made well, pleasant, pleased, protected, relaxed, relaxing, relieved, rested, restful, restored, satisfactory, satisfying, serene, sheltered, snug, snug as a bug in a rug, soft, soothed, strengthened, untroubled, useful, warm, well-off |
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discontented, hopeless, miserable, neglected, uncomfortable, unhappy, upset |
| Main Entry: | continue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin again; resume |
Synonyms: |
begin over, begin where one left off, carry on, carry over, go on with, pick up, proceed, recapitulate, recommence, reestablish, reinstate, reinstitute, renew, reopen, restart, restore, return to, take up |
Antonyms: |
complete, desist, discontinue, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | convalescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improving, recuperating |
Synonyms: |
ambulatory, discharged, dismissed, gaining strength, getting better, getting over something, getting well, healing, mending, on the mend, past crisis, perked up, rallying, recovering, rejuvenated, rejuvenating, released, restored, strengthening |
Antonyms: |
failing, faltering, regressing, sickly, weak, worsening |
| Main Entry: | cure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heal, ease bad situation |
Synonyms: |
alleviate, ameliorate, attend, better, cold turkey, correct, doctor, dose, dress, dry out, help, improve, kick, kick the habit, make better, make healthy, make whole, medicate, mend, minister to, nurse, palliate, quit cold, rectify, redress, rehabilitate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore, restore to health, right, shake, sweat it out, treat |
Antonyms: |
depress, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | encourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate spiritually |
Synonyms: |
animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm, gladden, goad, hearten, incite, inspire, inspirit, instigate, praise, prick, prop up, psych up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, revitalize, revivify, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway |
Antonyms: |
dampen, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dispirit, dissuade, uninspire |
| Main Entry: | enliven |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, vitalize |
Synonyms: |
animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, fire up, galvanize, give a lift, give life to, gladden, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, pep up, perk up, pick up, put pep into, quicken, recreate, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, snap out of it, spark, spice, spice up, stimulate, vivificate, vivify, wake up, work up, zap |
Antonyms: |
bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire |