patch

[pach] / pætʃ /

NOUN

piece, spot, area

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bit chunk ground land lot plot stretch strip tract

STRONG

blob fix hunk plat scrap shred

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sky whole

STRONG

peace

NOUN

piece applied to cover a gap or lack

Synonyms

STRONG

application mend reinforcement

WEAK

Band-Aid appliqué

VERB

fix, mend

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cobble rebuild reconstruct reinforce repair revamp sew

STRONG

cover darn overhaul recondition retread

WEAK

do up fiddle with

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy ruin

WEAK

break damage rend tear

Example Sentences

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These solutions were often tactical workarounds designed to patch critical issues in an improvised way.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Hansen has said the patch is his way of recognising the Indigenous peoples in Canada and their traditional knowledge.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

So investors looking for winners in this tough stock market don’t have to limit themselves to the oil patch.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

I walked out of my office and slipped on a patch of ice.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

That would take him out of the small patch of the Forest that he knew, and into the unknown.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver