| Main Entry: | straighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in neat or aligned order |
Synonyms: |
align, arrange, compose, correct, even, level, make plumb, make straight, neaten, order, put in order, put perpendicular, put straight, put to rights, put upright, put vertical, rectify, set to rights, smarten up, spruce up, tidy, unbend, uncoil, uncurl, unfold, unravel, unsnarl, untwist |
Antonyms: |
bend, curve, move, twist |
| 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: | align |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | line up, arrange next to |
Synonyms: |
adjust, allineate, coordinate, even, even up, fix, make parallel, order, range, regulate, straighten |
Antonyms: |
divide, mess up, separate |
| Main Entry: | comb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange hair |
Synonyms: |
adjust, card, cleanse, curry, disentangle, dress, groom, hackle, hatchel, lay smooth, rasp, scrape, separate, smooth, sort, straighten, tease, untangle |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically prepare; groom |
Synonyms: |
adjust, align, arrange, comb, decorate, dispose, do up, fit, make ready, ornament, set, straighten, trim |
Antonyms: |
disarray, mess up, rumple, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | flatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | level out |
Synonyms: |
abrade, beat down, compress, crush, debase, deflate, depress, even out, fell, floor, flush, grade, ground, iron out, knock down, lay, lay low, mow down, plane, plaster, prostrate, raze, roll, smash, smooth, spread out, squash, straighten, subdue, trample |
Antonyms: |
break, elevate, make uneven, raise, round |
| Main Entry: | get |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, manage desired goal |
Synonyms: |
adjust, contrive, dispose, dress, fit, fix, make, make up, order, prepare, ready, straighten, succeed, wangle |
Antonyms: |
fail, mismanage |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make even |
Synonyms: |
equalize, equate, even, even off, even out, flatten, flush, grade, lay, make equal, make flat, mow, plane, press, roll, smooth, smoothen, straighten, surface |
Antonyms: |
jag, rough up |
| Main Entry: | organize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, systematize |
Synonyms: |
adapt, adjust, be responsible for, catalogue, classify, codify, combine, compose, constitute, construct, coordinate, correlate, create, dispose, establish, fashion, fit, form, formulate, frame, get going, get together, group, harmonize, lick into shape, line up, look after, marshal, methodize, mold, pigeonhole, put in order, put together, range, regulate, run, see to, set up, settle, shape, standardize, straighten, straighten out, tabulate, tailor, take care of, whip into shape |
Antonyms: |
destroy, disarrange, disorder, disorganize |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, correct |
Synonyms: |
adjust, amend, balance, clean up, compensate for, debug, dial back, do justice, doctor*, emend, fiddle with, fix up, go straight, launder, make up for, mend, overhaul, patch, pick up, put in place, put right, recalibrate, recompense, recondition, reconstruct, rectify, redress, repair, restore, reward, scrub, set straight, set upright, settle, shape up, sort out, square, straighten, straighten out, turn around, vindicate |
| Notes: | right means free from error or correct in opinion or judgment; a wright is someone who makes, builds, or repairs something |
Antonyms: |
break, upset, wrong |