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Verbs (17)
restore
v. return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"
restore
v. to return a window to its original size
regenerate, return to life
v. return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me"
reinstate, reestablish
v. bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne"
bring back, restitute, give back, hand back
v. give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner"
fix, repair, doctor, mend, bushel, touch on, furbish up
v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
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Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (82)
animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up, make lively
v. make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
rejuvenate, make youthful, make younger
v. make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"
reconstruct, remodel, redo
v. do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms"
remedy, rectify, amend, set right
v. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
better, amend, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, make better
v. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
settle, locate, relocate, take up residence
v. take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
settle, make up, patch up, reconcile, conciliate
v. come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
stitch, run up, sew, sew together
v. fasten by sewing; do needlework
retire, adjourn, withdraw
v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
act, move, take a step, take action, take steps, take measures, perform an action, do something
v. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
cure, heal
v. provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
redress, right, correct, compensate
v. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
remedy, relieve
v. provide relief for; "remedy his illness"
remedy, rectify, amend, set right
v. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
rejuvenate, make youthful, make younger
v. make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"
animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up, make lively
v. make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
renew
v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"
recondition
v. bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances"
reconstruct, remodel, redo
v. do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms"
renovate, restitute
v. restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"
freshen up, refurbish, renovate
v. make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
rig
v. connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"
square, square up, make square
v. make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
plumb
v. measure the depth of something
Synonyms (7)
pass, reach, hand, give, pass on, turn over
v. place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
give
v. transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
Antonyms (14)
get rid of, abolish
v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
break, bust, cause to break
v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"
break up, dismantle, break apart, take apart, disassemble
v. take apart into its constituent pieces
ruin, destroy
v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
break, damage
v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
restore
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