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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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This is a patch you can install before lunch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

His blue spacesuit has a mission patch he commissioned Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond to design, with contributions from Dave Courchene III of Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

But there are winners beyond 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

Something about that smile, him driving away, the whole morning already—not even twenty minutes—fills me with this feeling like the only thing to do is melt right there on the dead patch in the lawn.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.