| Main Entry: | touch up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix up; improve |
Synonyms: |
amend, brush up, do up, enhance, finish off, give a face-lift, gloss, make improvements, modify, patch up, perfect, polish, put finishing touches on, remodel, renew, renovate, repair, retouch, revamp, rework, round off, tease* |
Antonyms: |
break, damage, harm, hurt |
| Main Entry: | brush up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve condition |
Synonyms: |
clean up, cram, go over, look over, polish up, read up, refresh one's memory, refurbish, relearn, renovate, reread, retouch, review, revise, study, touch up |
Antonyms: |
forget |
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, adjust |
Synonyms: |
alter, ameliorate, amend, better, change, clean up, clean up act, cure, debug, do over, doctor*, edit, emend, fiddle with, fix up, get with it, go over, help, improve, launder, make over, make right, make up for, mend, pay dues, pick up, polish, put in order, reclaim, reconstruct, rectify, redress, reform, regulate, remedy, remodel, reorganize, repair, retouch, review, revise, right, scrub, set right, set straight, shape up, straighten out, touch up, turn around, upgrade |
Antonyms: |
blow, blunder, goof, mistake |
| Main Entry: | disguise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mask; misrepresent |
Synonyms: |
affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, camouflage, change, cloak, color, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, doctor up, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, front, fudge, garble, gloss over, hide, make like, make up, masquerade, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, pretend, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, redo, screen, secrete, sham, shroud, simulate, touch up, varnish, veil, wear cheaters, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
expose, open, represent, reveal, uncover, unmask |
| Main Entry: | emend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct |
Synonyms: |
alter, amend, better, edit, emendate, improve, polish, rectify, redact, retouch, revise, right, touch up |
| 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: |
make mistake, worsen |
| Main Entry: | improve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become better |
Synonyms: |
advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, come around, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, doctor up, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground, help, increase, lift, look up, make strides, meliorate, mend, perk up, pick up*, polish, progress, promote, purify, raise, rally, recover, rectify, recuperate, refine, reform, revamp, revise, rise, set right, shape up, sharpen, skyrocket, straighten out, take off, touch up, turn the corner, update, upgrade |
Antonyms: |
damage, decline, decrease, diminish, harm, hurt, injure, weaken, worsen |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apply colored tint, often to make design |
Synonyms: |
brush, catch a likeness, coat, color, compose, cover, cover up, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, figure, fresco, gloss over, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, put on coats, represent, shade, sketch, slap on, slather, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash |
Antonyms: |
strip |
| Main Entry: | polish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve performance, look |
Synonyms: |
amend, better, brush up, correct, cultivate, emend, enhance, finish, furbish, make improvement, mature, mend, perfect, refine, round, sleek, slick, smooth, touch up |
Antonyms: |
deface, ruin, spoil |
| 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: | 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 |