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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rewrite, refine |
| Synonyms: | adapt, alter, amplify, analyze, annotate, arrange, assemble, assign, blue-pencil, boil down, butcher, censor, check, choose, compile, compose, condense, correct, cut, delete, discard, doctor, draft, emend, excise, feature, fine-tune, finish, fly speck, go over, make up, massage*, polish, prepare, prescribe, proofread, publish, put together, rearrange, recalibrate, rectify, redact, regulate, rehash, rephrase, report, revise, scrub, select, set up, strike out, style, tighten, trim, write over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maintain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert, claim; argue for |
| Synonyms: | advocate, affirm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, back, champion, contend, correct, declare, defend, emphasize, fight for, hold, insist, justify, persist, plead for, profess, protest, rectify, report, right, say, stand by, state, stress, uphold, vindicate |
| Antonyms: | condemn, desert, discard, forget |
| Main Entry: | modify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter, change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, become, convert, correct, customize, doctor, mutate, recast, redo, refashion, reform, remodel, reorganize, repair, reshape, revise, rework, shift gears, switch over, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn, turn one around, turn over new leaf, turn the corner, turn the tables, tweak*, vary |
| Antonyms: | leave alone, stagnate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punish |
| Synonyms: | amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, condemn, correct, discipline, dock*, fine, handicap, hit with, impose penalty, inflict handicap, judge, mulct, put at disadvantage, scold, slap with, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | excuse, forgive, pardon, reward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | proofread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | copyedit |
| Synonyms: | analyze, blue-pencil, check, correct, cut, delete, edit, go over, rearrange, refine, remove errors, rephrase, revise, strike out |
| Main Entry: | punish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | penalize for wrongdoing |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attend to, batter, beat, beat up, blacklist, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, crack down on, cuff, debar, defrock, discipline, dismiss, do in, execute, exile, expel, fine, flog, give a going over, give the works, harm, hurt, immure, incarcerate, injure, knock about, lash, lecture, maltreat, misuse, oppress, paddle, rap knuckles, reprove, rough up, scourge, sentence, slap wrist, spank, switch, teach a lesson, throw the book at, train, whip |
| Antonyms: | award, exonerate, let go, praise, protect, reward |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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