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Synonyms for repair

noun

reconstruction, adjustment, improvement, renovation, restoration, substitution, reformation, rehabilitation, servicing, new part, patch, restored portion, replacement, brazure, soldering; see also improvement 2, repairing.

Antonyms break*, tear, fracture.

verb

fix, mend, adjust, improve, correct, emend, put into shape, reform, patch, recondition, restore, service, overhaul, rejuvenate, refurbish, retread, touch up, put in order, revive, refresh, renew, darn, sew, revamp, rectify, right, remedy, ameliorate, caulk, cobble, renovate, reshape, rebuild, tinker, work over*, fix up*, dirty one's hands with*; see also mend 1, reconstruct, restore 3.

Antonyms break, damage, smash. See syn. study at mend.mend.

See repair in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


verb

To restore to proper condition or functioning:

doctor, fix, fix up, mend, overhaul, patch, revamp, right. Idiom: set right. See help

verb
  1. To look to when in need:

    apply, go, refer, resort, run, turn. Idioms: fall back on (or upon), have recourse to. See used
  2. To visit regularly:

    frequent, hang around, haunt, resort. (Slang) hang out. See place

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