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Synonyms for repair

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

renovate renew recondition refurbish fix restore remedy make good

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Renovate

renovate, renew, recondition, refurbish, revamp, revive, re-create, recruit, quicken, vamp up, re-animate, animate, furbish, revivify, retrieve dated, vivify rare

2. Fix

fix, restore, mend, patch, heal, doctor, patch up, touch on, darn, furbish up, bushel US

3. Remedy

remedy, amend, rectify, correct, right, remediate, redress

4. Compensate

make good, compensate, recompense, make amends, atone, indemnify

Other

re-form, retouch, go, tinker, re-sort, vamp

Noun

1. Reparation

reparation, mending, restoration, fixing, fixture

2. Haunt

haunt, ha'nt US, hant US, stamping ground, hangout

Other

touch-up, fix-up, renovation, renewal, going over, refreshment

Antonyms

destroy, abrasion, shatter

All antonyms of repair →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.

    to repair a shattered fortune

  2. v. 2

    To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.

    to repair a loss or damage

  3. n. 1

    The act of repairing something.

    I took the car to the workshop for repair.

  4. n. 2

    The act of repairing something. An act of correcting ("repairing") a mistake in communication.

Related words

Word family
repairable reparable repairer repairment repairperson reparation reparative
Phrases
right to repair right of repair
Is a kind of
alter

Forms

Plural
repairs → reparations, mendings, restorations, fixings…
Past participle
repaired
e.g. repaired → renovated, renewed, reconditioned, refurbished…

Choose the right word

Repair, Mend, Correct or Amend?

We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • renew Are you going to renew your lease when it expires?
  • renovate They asked Tom to help them renovate the house.
  • refurbish David took a loan to refurbish his home.
  • recondition You need to recondition your mind.
  • restore Sami was determined to restore his sister's honor.
  • mend The chance that Tom will mend his ways is minimal.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
repairsteady
renewsteady
renovaterising
refurbishrising
reconditionfalling
restoresteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
go1
3 letters
fix1
4 letters
heal1, darn1, mend1, vamp1, hant
5 letters
right1, patch1, renew2, amend2, haunt1, atone2
6 letters
doctor2, fixing2, remedy3, revive2, tinker2, revamp2, bushel2, vivify
7 letters
correct2, restore2, recruit2, renewal3, fixture2, rectify3, animate3, redress2, hangout2, quicken2, mending2, retouch, furbish2
8 letters
retrieve2, renovate3, revivify
9 letters
refurbish3, indemnify4, remediate4
10 letters
compensate3, renovation4, recompense3, reparation4
11 letters
restoration4, refreshment3, recondition4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (renew2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
réparer
Deutsch
reparieren