Word Meanings - REPAIR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and 1. To return. I thought . . . that he repaire should again. Chaucer. 2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort;
Additional info about word: REPAIR
fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and 1. To return. I thought . . . that he repaire should again. Chaucer. 2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. Chaucer. Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. Pope.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REPAIR)
- Amend
- Improve
- mend
- repair
- correct
- rectify
- better
- ameliorate
- reform
- Heal
- Cure
- restore
- remedy
- assuage
- cicatrize
- reconcile
- Mend
- Repair
- promote
- improve
- amend
- Redress
- Right
- order
- revise
- Refit
- rearrange
- readjust
- reprovide
- reinstate
- reorganize
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of REPAIR)
Related words: (words related to REPAIR)
- RIGHT-RUNNING
Straight; direct. - AMENDFUL
Much improving. - REFORMALIZE
To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness. - REFORMATIVE
Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory. Good. - AMELIORATE
To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age. - CORRECTLY
In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error. - CORRUPTIONIST
One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith. - CORRUPTIBLE
1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. - RIGHTEOUSNESS
The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, - RIGHT
1. In a right manner. 2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. Unto Dian's temple goeth - CORRECTORY
Containing or making correction; corrective. - IMPROVER
One who, or that which, improves. - REDRESSIVE
Tending to redress. Thomson. - REFITMENT
The act of refitting, or the state of being refitted. - CICATRIZE
To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh. Wiseman. - READJUSTMENT
A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment. - CORRECTIFY
To correct. When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady. Beau & Fl. - REVISE
A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction. (more info) 1. A review; a revision. Boyle. - RIGHT-ANGLED
Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle. - RIGHTEOUS
Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton. - PREFORM
To form beforehand, or for special ends. "Their natures and preformed faculties. " Shak. - BRIGHT
See I - TRANSPARENT
transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - CARTWRIGHT
An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - FRIGHTFUL
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn. - SHRIGHT
imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer. - INCORRECT
1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope. 2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation. 3. Not - MISORDER
To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak. - PREFORMATIVE
A formative letter at the beginning of a word. M. Stuart. - UNCORRUPTIBLE
Incorruptible. "The glory of the uncorruptible God." Rom. i.