Synonyms for qualify
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Moderate — to modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an…
moderate, modify, abate, season, restrict, vary, change, diminish, mitigate, soften, assuage, restrain, modulate, temper dated, extenuate dated
Other
enable, characterize, characterise UK, measure up, dispose, capacitate
Definitions
- v. 1
To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
- v. 2
To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
Related words
- Word family
- qualified qualifier qualifying qualification
Forms
- Past participle
- qualified
e.g. qualified → entitled, conditioned, prepared, fitted…
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We modify or qualify a statement which might seem too strong; we modify it by some limitation, qualify it by some addition.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- prepare You had better prepare yourself for the next game.
- specify Please specify profit after taxes, amortisation, etc.
- stipulate Why wouldn't you stipulate that in the contract?
- entitle This doesn't entitle you to disrespect me.
- enable This bird's large wings enable it to fly very fast.
- dispose Fadil forced Layla to help dispose of Rami's body.
By length
- 3 letters
- fit1
- 4 letters
- vary2
- 5 letters
- limit2, adapt2, equip2, abate2
- 6 letters
- season2, change1, enable3, modify3, temper2, soften2
- 7 letters
- prepare2, specify3, dispose2, entitle3, assuage2
- 8 letters
- moderate3, restrict2, diminish3, mitigate3, restrain2, modulate3
- 9 letters
- condition3, stipulate3, extenuate4
- 10 letters
- capacitate
- 12 letters
- characterize4, characterise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vary2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- qualifier
- Italiano
- qualificare
- Español
- calificar