Word Meanings - MODIFY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract. 2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.

Additional info about word: MODIFY

1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract. 2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower. Of his grace He modifies his first severe decree. Dryden.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MODIFY)

• Alter
• Substitute
• change
• vary
• modify
• exchange
• diversify
• remodel
• Attemper
• Moderate
• subdue
• compound
• commingle
• adapt
• adjust
• harmonize
• blend
• attune
• mix
• mold
• work
• medicate
• amalgamate
• accommodate
• Change Vary
• alter
• qualify
• transmute
• substitute
• fluctuate
• shift
• veer
• Commute
• mitigate
• compensate
• barter
• equalize
• balance
• Diversify
• Vary
• change modify
• variegate

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of MODIFY)

• Conserve
• retain
• stabilitate
• fix
• clinch
• stand
• endure
• last
• hold
• Resolve
• analyze
• Fix
• fasten
• locate
• insert
• pitch
• plant
• place

Related words: (words related to MODIFY)

• PITCHSTONE
  An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
• MODIFY
  1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract. 2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.
• PITCHERFUL
  The quantity a pitcher will hold.
• ALTERNATING CURRENT
  A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow.
• PITCHINESS
  Blackness, as of pitch; darkness.
• PITCHFORK
  A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• ALTERNATION
  Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. Mason. Alternation of generation. See under Generation. (more info) 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being
• ADAPTABLE
  Capable of being adapted.
• CHANGEFUL
  Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. His course had been changeful. Motley. -- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• ATTEMPER
  1. To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature. If sweet with bitter . . . were not attempered still. Trench. 2. To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice
• ADJUSTIVE
  Tending to adjust.
• EQUALIZER
  One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
• PLANTIGRADA
  A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.
• EXCHANGE EDITOR
  An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.
• RETAINMENT
  The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
• PLANTULE
  The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
• BLEND
  akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, 1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse;
• DISPLANTATION
  The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.
• SUPPLANT
  heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the
• SUBALTERNANT
  A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately.
• FALTER
  To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell.
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• MISALTER
  To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse. Bp. Hall.
• REEXCHANGE
  To exchange anew; to reverse .
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.