| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mend, repair |
Synonyms: |
adjust, amend, correct, debug, do up, doctor, emend, face-lift, fiddle with, overhaul, patch, put to rights, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, retread, revamp, revise, see to, sort, tune up |
Antonyms: |
break, corrupt, destroy, unfix |
| Main Entry: | overhaul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | redo, restore |
Synonyms: |
check, debug, do up, doctor*, examine, fiddle with, fix, give facelift, improve, inspect, mend, modernize, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, reexamine, renew, repair, retread, revamp, service, survey |
| Main Entry: | patch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, mend |
Synonyms: |
cobble, cover, darn, do up, fiddle with, overhaul, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, reinforce, repair, retread, revamp, sew |
Antonyms: |
break, damage, rend, tear |
| Main Entry: | refurbish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spruce up |
Synonyms: |
clean up, do up, fix up, gussy up, mend, modernize, overhaul, recondition, redo, reequip, refit, refresh, rehab, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remodel, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retread, revamp, set to rights, spruce, update |
| Notes: | refurbish means to 'clean up again,' refurnish means 'to provide with new furnishings,' redecorate means 'to add new decoration(s),' and renovate means 'renew or restore to as as-new condition' |
Antonyms: |
destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | rejuvenate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make new again |
Synonyms: |
breathe new life into, do, do up, exhilarate, give face lift to, give new life to, make young again, modernize, reanimate, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehab, reinvigorate, renew, renovate, restitute, restore, retread, revitalize, revivify, spruce, spruce up, update |
Antonyms: |
destroy, kill, ruin |
| Main Entry: | renew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start over; refurbish |
Synonyms: |
begin again, brace, breathe new life into, bring up to date, continue, exhilarate, extend, fix up, freshen, gentrify, go over, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, reaffirm, reawaken, recommence, recondition, recreate, reestablish, refit, refresh, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restate, restock, restore, resume, resuscitate, retread, revitalize, revive, spruce, stimulate, transform |
Antonyms: |
finish, halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | renovate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix up, modernize |
Synonyms: |
clean, cleanse, do up, do*, face-lift, gussy up, make over, overhaul, reactivate, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, refit, reform, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, rekindle, remake, remodel, renew, repair, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, retread, retrieve, revamp, revitalize, revive, revivify, spruce, spruce up, update |
Antonyms: |
demolish, destroy, ruin |
| 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: | revamp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | renovate |
Synonyms: |
clean, do up, face-lift, make over, overhaul, recondition, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, remake, remodel, renew, repair, restore, resurrect, retread, revitalize, revive, spruce up, update |
| Main Entry: | re-create |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | renew |
Synonyms: |
begin again, brace, breathe new life into, bring up to date, continue, exhilarate, extend, fix up, freshen, furbish, gentrify, give a new look to, go over, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, reaffirm, reawaken, recommence, recondition, recreate, reestablish, refit, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restate, restock, restore, resume, resuscitate, retread, revamp, revitalize, revive, spruce, stimulate, transform |