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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | renew |
| Synonyms: | begin again, brace, breathe new life into, bring up to date, continue, exhilarate, extend, fix up, freshen, furbish, gentrify, give a new look to, go over, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, re-create, reaffirm, reawaken, recommence, recreate, reestablish, refit, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restate, restock, restore, resume, resuscitate, retread, revamp, revitalize, revive, spruce, stimulate, transform |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become different |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, make innovations, make over, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, recondition, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remake, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, restyle, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, tamper with, temper, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | doctor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix up, treat |
| Synonyms: | administer, apply medication, attend, do up, fix, give treatment, medicate, mend, overhaul, patch up, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, repair, revamp, supply |
| Notes: | the word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach'); physician comes from Latin physica 'natural science; physics' |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | do up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically prepare; fix |
| Synonyms: | clean, doctor, enclose, finish, gift-wrap, launder, mend, overhaul, package, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, repair, revamp, wash, wrap |
| Antonyms: | hurt, injure, ruin |
| 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: | furbish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish; renovate |
| Synonyms: | brighten, buff, burnish, clean, deck out, fix up, glaze, gloss, gussy up, improve, recondition, refurbish, rehabilitate, renew, restore, rub, shine, smarten up, spruce up |
| Main Entry: | mend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, improve, fix |
| Synonyms: | aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, fiddle with, gain, get better, get well, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, refit, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken |
| Main Entry: | overhaul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | redo, restore |
| Synonyms: | check, debug, do up, doctor*, examine, fiddle with, fix, give facelift, improve, inspect, mend, modernize, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, reexamine, renew, repair, retread, revamp, service, survey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | patch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, mend |
| Synonyms: | cobble, cover, darn, do up, fiddle with, overhaul, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, reinforce, repair, retread, revamp, sew |
| Antonyms: | break, damage, rend, tear |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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