modulate

Main Entry:
modulate [moj-uh-leyt]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: adjust, harmonize
Synonyms: attune, balance, fine-tune, inflect, regulate, restrain, revamp, switch, temper, tone, transmogrify, tune, tweak, vary
Antonyms: leave alone
Main Entry: compose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: calm, bring under control
Synonyms: adjust, allay, appease, arrange, assuage, balm, becalm, check, collect, comfort, console, contain, control, cool, ease, ease up, hold in, lessen, let up, lull, mitigate, moderate, modulate, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, re-collect, reconcile, regulate, rein, relax, repress, resolve, restrain, settle, simmer down, slacken, smother, soften, solace, soothe, still, suppress, temper, tranquilize, tune down
Notes: compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts'
Antonyms: agitate, anger, arouse, distress, excite, upset
Main Entry: discourse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: discuss, speak about
Synonyms: argue, chew*, comment, commentate, confab, confer, converse, debate, declaim, descant, develop, dilate upon, dispute, dissert, dissertate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, explain, expound, give a meeting, harangue, hold forth, lecture, modulate, orate, perorate, remark, sermonize, talk, treat, voice
Antonyms: be quiet
Main Entry: enunciate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: speak clearly
Synonyms: affirm, announce, articulate, declare, deliver, develop, enounce, express, intone, lay down, modulate, outline, phonate, postulate, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, say, show, sound, state, submit, utter, vocalize, voice
Antonyms: mispronounce, muffle, mumble
Main Entry: moderate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: restrain, control
Synonyms: abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, chasten, check, constrain, cool out, cool*, curb, decline, decrease, die down, diminish, ease off, fall, lessen, let up, meet halfway, mitigate, modify, modulate, mollify, pacify, play down, qualify, quiet, reduce, regulate, relent, relieve, repress, slacken, slow, soft-pedal, soften, subdue, subside, tame, temper, tone down, wane
Antonyms: egg on, free, incite, let go, liberate, unleash
Main Entry: modify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lessen, reduce
Synonyms: abate, curb, decrease, limit, lower, mitigate, moderate, modulate, qualify, relax, remit, restrain, restrict, slacken, soften, temper, tone down
Antonyms: grow, increase
Main Entry: qualify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lessen, restrict
Synonyms: abate, adapt, alter, assuage, change, circumscribe, diminish, ease, limit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, regulate, restrain, soften, temper, vary, weaken
Notes: qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity
Antonyms: allow, be lenient
Main Entry: regulate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: manage, organize
Synonyms: adapt, adjust, administer, allocate, arrange, balance, classify, conduct, control, coordinate, correct, determine, direct, dispose, fit, fix, govern, guide, handle, improve, legislate, measure, methodize, moderate, modulate, monitor, order, oversee, pull things together, put in order, readjust, reconcile, rectify, rule, run, set, settle, shape up, square, standardize, straighten up, superintend, supervise, systematize, temper, time, true, tune, tune up
Antonyms: deregulate, disorganize, mismanage
Main Entry: relax
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: diminish, lessen
Synonyms: abate, ease, ease off, ebb, lax, let up, loose, loosen, lose speed, lower, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, relieve, remit, slack, slacken, slow, slow down, untighten, weaken
Antonyms: grow, increase
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