| Main Entry: | revision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change; rewriting |
Synonyms: |
afterlight, alteration, amendment, correction, editing, emendation, homework, improvement, modification, overhauling, polish, recension, reconsideration, rectification, rectifying, redaction, redraft, reediting, reexamination, rescript, restyling, retrospect, retrospection, review, revisal, revise, updating |
| Main Entry: | alteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
Synonyms: |
about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, correction, difference, diversification, exchange, fixing, flip-flop, metamorphosis, mid-course correction, modification, mutation, reformation, remodeling, reshaping, revision, shift, switch, switch-over, transformation, transmutation, turn, variance, variation |
| Main Entry: | amendment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correction, improvement |
Synonyms: |
alteration, amelioration, betterment, change, correction, enhancement, improvement, mending, modification, rectification, reform, reformation, remedy, repair, revision |
Antonyms: |
worsening |
| Main Entry: | amendment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addition to a document |
Synonyms: |
act, addendum, adjunct, alteration, attachment, bill, clarification, clause, codicil, measure, modification, motion, revision, rider, suggestion, supplement |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something made different; alteration |
Synonyms: |
about-face, addition, adjustment, advance, break, compression, contraction, conversion, correction, development, difference, distortion, diversification, diversity, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, modulation, mutation, novelty, permutation, reconstruction, refinement, remodeling, reversal, revision, revolution, shift, surrogate, switch, tempering, transformation, transition, transmutation, turn, turnover, variance, variation, variety, vicissitude |
| Main Entry: | exchange |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trade; deal |
Synonyms: |
barter, buying and selling, castling, change, commerce, commutation, conversion, correspondence, dealing, interchange, interdependence, interrelation, network, quid pro quo, rearrangement, reciprocation, reciprocity, replacement, revision, shift, shuffle, shuffling, substitution, supplanting, supplantment, swap, switch, tit for tat, traffic, transaction, transfer, transposing, transposition, truck |
| Main Entry: | improvement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bettering; something bettered |
Synonyms: |
advance, advancement, amelioration, amendment, augmentation, betterment, change, civilization, correction, cultivation, development, elevation, enhancement, enrichment, furtherance, gain, growth, increase, meliorism, preferment, progress, progression, promotion, rally, reclamation, recovery, rectification, reformation, regeneration, renovation, revision, rise, upbeat, upgrade, upswing |
Antonyms: |
damage, decline, decrease, diminishing, harm, hurt, injury, weakening, worsening |
| Main Entry: | redress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, compensation |
Synonyms: |
aid, amendment, amends, assistance, atonement, balancing, change, conciliation, correction, cure, ease, indemnity, justice, offsetting, payment, quittance, recompense, rectification, reestablishment, reformation, rehabilitation, relief, remedy, remission, remodeling, renewal, repair, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, return, revision, reward, reworking, satisfaction, vengeance |
Antonyms: |
hurt, injury |
| Main Entry: | retrospect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | afterthought |
Synonyms: |
hindsight, recollection, reconsideration, reexamination, remembering, remembrance, reminiscence, retrospection, review, revision, survey |
Antonyms: |
forethought, prophesy, prospect |
| Main Entry: | review |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination, study |
Synonyms: |
analysis, another look, audit, check, checkup, drill, file, fresh look, inspection, march past, once-over, parade, procession, reassessment, recapitulation, reconsideration, reflection, report, rethink, retrospect, revision, scan, scrutiny, second look, second thought, survey, view |
| Notes: | a criticism is an evaluation or judgment of something, while critique is a somewhat elevated term for the same thing; review is used as a synonym for these but may also imply a more comprehensive study |