All modify synonyms
modΒ·iΒ·fy
M m verb modify
- repair β to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- tweak β to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
- vary β to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
- adjust β When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- adapt β If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
- rework β to work or form again: to rework gold.
- correct β If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
- revise β to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.
- customize β If you customize something, you change its appearance or features to suit your tastes or needs.
- reshape β to shape again or into different form.
- lower β to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- relax β to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- soften β to make soft or softer.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- tone down β any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.
- transmute β change into another form
- mutate β to change; alter.
- convert β If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
- doctor β a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- reorganize β arrange differently
- reform β the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- transform β to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- transmogrify β to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- transfigure β to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- become β If someone or something becomes a particular thing, they start to change and develop into that thing, or start to develop the characteristics mentioned.
- redo β to do again; repeat.
- remodel β to model again.
- recast β to cast again or anew.
- refashion β a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- mitigate β to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- slacken β If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- remit β to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- qualify β to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- abate β If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- moderate β kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- modulate β to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- temper β a particular state of mind or feelings.
- alter β If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
- change β If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
- amend β If you amend something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate.
- customise β to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- lessen β to become less.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- restraint β a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.