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Mend

🔄 Synonyms of "Mend"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
repairnoun	To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
restoreverb	(transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
patchnoun	A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
fixverb	(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
doctornoun	A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.
bushelnoun	A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
touch onverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
furbish upverb	(transitive) To polish so as to make look newer
healverb	(transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

↔️ Antonyms of "Mend"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
bustnoun	(transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mend"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
repairverb	To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
healverb	(transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
restoreverb	(transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
patchverb	To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
touch onverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
fixverb	(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
bushelverb	(US, tailoring, ambitransitive) To mend or repair clothes.
doctorverb	(transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
furbish upverb	(transitive) To polish so as to make look newer
repairingnoun	The act by which something is repaired; a mending.
replenishverb	(transitive) To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.
restorationnoun	The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.
reformverb	(transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
overhaulverb	To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
rehabilitateverb	(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
redressverb	To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
rehabilitationnoun	The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.
reformationnoun	An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.
cureverb	(transitive) To restore to health.
reformingnoun	reformation