Synonyms for fix
verb
To make firm
plant, implant, secure, attach; see fasten 1.
To prepare a meal
cook, make, heat, get ready; see cook.
To put in order
correct, mend, adjust; see adjust 3, repair.
*To prearrange
precontrive, predesign, preorder, preplan, influence, stack the deck*, frame*, set up*, put up*, rig*, pull wires*; see also bribe.
*To get even with
punish, retaliate, pay back, get*; see revenge.
To decide
determine, settle, conclude, establish; see arrange 2, decide 1.
To harden
solidify, set, thicken; see harden 2.
See fix in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To place securely in a position or condition:
ensconce, establish, install, seat, settle. See put inTo make secure:
anchor, catch, fasten, moor, secure. Idiom: make fast. See moveTo join one thing to another:
affix, attach, clip2, connect, couple, fasten, moor, secure. See assembleTo become or cause to become stuck or lodged:
catch, lodge, stick. See moveTo produce a deep impression of:
engrave, etch, grave3, impress, imprint, inscribe, stamp. See marksTo implant so deeply as to make change nearly impossible:
embed, entrench, fasten, infix, ingrain, lodge, root1. See moveTo set forth expressly and authoritatively:
decree, dictate, impose, lay down, ordain, prescribe. Idioms: call the shots (or tune), lay it on the line. See overTo put into correct or conclusive form:
arrange, conclude, dispose of, settle. See doTo bring about or come to an agreement concerning:
arrange, conclude, negotiate, set1, settle. See agreeTo ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to:
affix, assign, blame, fasten, impute, pin on, place. See giveTo restore to proper condition or functioning:
doctor, fix up, mend, overhaul, patch, repair1, revamp, right. Idiom: set right. See helpTo alter for proper functioning:
adjust, regulate, set1, tune (up). (Music) attune. See change, helpTo cause to be ready, as for use, consumption, or a special purpose:
fit1, make, prepare, prime, ready. See preparedTo render incapable of reproducing sexually:
alter, castrate, geld, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex. See reproduction, rich- (Informal)
To exact revenge for or from:
avenge, pay back, pay off, redress, repay, requite, vindicate. (Archaic) wreak. Idioms: even the score, get back at, get even with, pay back in kind (or in one's own coin), settle (or square) accounts, take an eye for an eye. See forgiveness To prearrange the outcome of (a contest) unlawfully:
tamper. Idiom: stack the deck. See crimes
phrasal verb fix upTo improve in appearance, especially by refurbishing:
smarten (up), spruce (up). See betterTo restore to proper condition or functioning:
doctor, fix, mend, overhaul, patch, repair1, revamp, right. Idiom: set right. See help
noun
Money, property, or a favor given, offered, or promised to a person or accepted by a person in a position of trust as an inducement to dishonest behavior:
bribe, graft, payola. (Informal) payoff. (Slang) boodle. See crimes, money, persuasionA difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition:
box1, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight1, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble. (Informal) bind, pickle, spot. See easy
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