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Antonyms for fix
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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. fixverb

    Synonyms:
    rig, desex, castrate, neuter, spay, doctor

  2. fixverb

    A repair or corrective action.

    That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.

    Synonyms:
    neuter, rig, desex, castrate, spay, doctor

  3. fixverb

    To attach; to affix; to hold in place.

    It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!

    Synonyms:
    desex, neuter, castrate, spay, doctor, rig

  4. fixverb

    A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.

    Just one fix! -Alain Jourgensen

    Synonyms:
    spay, desex, castrate, doctor, neuter, rig

  5. fixverb

    A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

    She fixed dinner for the kids.

    Synonyms:
    castrate, spay, desex, rig, neuter, doctor

  6. fixverb

    To make a contest, vote, or gamble unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion

    A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.

    Synonyms:
    doctor, rig, castrate, spay, desex, neuter

  7. fixverb

    To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

    Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.

    Synonyms:
    desex, castrate, neuter, doctor, spay, rig

  8. fixverb

    To map a (point or subset) to itself.

    Synonyms:
    rig, doctor, castrate, desex, spay, neuter

  9. fixverb

    To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

    He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.

    Synonyms:
    neuter, rig, desex, spay, doctor, castrate

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fix

    Binding is primarily by something flexible, as a cord or bandage drawn closely around an object or group of objects, as when we bind up a wounded limb. We bind a sheaf of wheat with a cord; we tie the cord in a knot; we fasten by any means that will make things hold together, as a board by nails, or a door by a lock. The verbs tie and fasten are scarcely used in the figurative sense, tho, using the noun, we speak of the ties of affection. Bind has an extensive figurative use. One is bound by conscience or honor; he is obliged by some imperious necessity; engaged by his own promise; compelled by physical force or its moral equivalent.

    Antonyms:
    free, loose, set free, unbind, unfasten, unloose, untie

    Synonyms:
    bind, compel, engage, fasten, fetter, oblige, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, tie

    Preposition:
    Bind to a pillar; unto an altar; to a service; bind one with chains or in chains; one is bound by a contract; a splint is bound upon a limb; the arms may be bound to the sides or behind the back; bind a wreath about, around, or round the head; twigs are bound in or into fagots; for military purposes, they are bound at both ends and in the middle; one is bound by a contract, or bound under a penalty to fulfil a contract.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.5 / 2 votes

  1. fix

    Antonyms:
    displace, unsettle, disarrange, remove, uproot, transfer, transplant, disestablish, weaken, shake, reverse, disturb, change, unfix

    Synonyms:
    place, settle, fasten, link, locate, attach, consolidate, tie, plant, root, establish, secure, determine, decide

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fishnoun

    informal terms for a difficult situation

    "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

    Synonyms:
    tidy sum, smother, peck, mint, crush, plenty, lot, location, locating, localisation, raft, quite a little, passel, hole, mare's nest, press, jam, pile, muckle, fixture, mend, golf hole, electronic jamming, good deal, maw, fixing, mending, sight, gob, trap, deal, pickle, flock, stack, kettle of fish, fuddle, wad, messiness, hatful, mickle, hollow, heap, great deal, mess, repair, clutter, mess hall, mass, jamming, batch, yap, mountain, welter, spate, mussiness, slew, localization, jumble, cakehole, muss, muddle, reparation, pot

  2. fixnoun

    something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

    "she needed a fix of chocolate"

    Synonyms:
    repair, muddle, fixture, mending, jam, hole, locating, mend, kettle of fish, localization, reparation, location, pickle, localisation, fixing, mess

  3. repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparationnoun

    the act of putting something in working order again

    Synonyms:
    darn, stamping ground, haunt, neutering, locating, hole, fastener, holdfast, fixedness, fixation, jam, fixture, mend, localisation, hangout, fixing, location, mending, habitue, altering, amends, fastening, kettle of fish, fastness, resort, mess, repair, secureness, regular, localization, pickle, fixity, muddle, reparation, patch

  4. fixnoun

    an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

    "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"

    Synonyms:
    repair, muddle, fixture, mending, jam, hole, locating, mend, kettle of fish, localization, reparation, location, pickle, localisation, fixing, mess

  5. localization, localisation, location, locating, fixverb

    a determination of the place where something is

    "he got a good fix on the target"

    Synonyms:
    locating, fixing, kettle of fish, location, localisation principle, mend, localisation, localization, fixture, pickle, reparation, placement, hole, localisation of function, mess, mending, localization principle, position, emplacement, repair, muddle, positioning, jam, localization of function

  6. repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch onverb

    restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

    "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

    Synonyms:
    touch, furbish up, cook, desexualise, sterilize, ready, concern, prepare, get, set up, compensate, revivify, remediate, recompense, secure, pertain, sterilise, gear up, impact, mend, regenerate, vivify, amend, situate, have-to doe with, heal, make, fasten, determine, renovate, bushel, desexualize, reestablish, define, specify, rejuvenate, reconstruct, sophisticate, quicken, refer, desex, affect, unsex, fixate, resort, restore, relate, rectify, touch on, recreate, deposit, remedy, repair, pay back, doctor up, posit, bear on, bear upon, come to, animate, reanimate, limit, revive, restitute, set, pay off, reinstate, doctor, indemnify

  7. fasten, fix, secureverb

    cause to be firmly attached

    "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"

    Synonyms:
    batten down, furbish up, desexualise, sterilize, ready, prepare, get, set up, stop up, cook, insure, secure, guarantee, sterilise, gear up, procure, mend, ensure, make, fasten, fixate, assure, bushel, desexualize, tighten, define, specify, plug, determine, desex, deposit, touch on, repair, pay back, batten, posit, unsex, situate, limit, restore, set, pay off, doctor

  8. specify, set, determine, define, fix, limitverb

    decide upon or fix definitely

    "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"

    Synonyms:
    specialise, particularise, localize, restore, make, gear up, fructify, doctor, sterilise, coiffure, cook, mend, delimitate, delimit, mold, peg down, put, fixate, regulate, do, unsex, posit, condition, place, learn, countersink, arrange, make up one's mind, desexualise, set up, define, desexualize, pay back, lay, plant, coif, dress, ready, trammel, localise, ascertain, mark, circumscribe, go under, square up, check, specify, correct, secure, nail down, repair, delineate, particularize, set, position, decide, touch on, find out, see, sic, square off, limit, jell, restrict, prepare, destine, situate, coiffe, find, throttle, deposit, furbish up, get, pose, pin down, influence, typeset, rig, sterilize, qualify, bound, determine, narrow, set apart, desex, narrow down, watch, go down, congeal, intend, assign, confine, fasten, pay off, bushel, stipulate, restrain, shape, settle, lay out, specialize, adjust, designate

  9. cook, fix, ready, make, prepareverb

    prepare for eating by applying heat

    "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

    Synonyms:
    wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, desexualise, restore, construct, doctor, draw, stool, have, lay down, mend, piddle, hold, desex, piss, constitute, fudge, do, reach, earn, stimulate, get to, shit, pay back, posit, name, falsify, fixate, define, make water, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, cook, gain, ready, defecate, establish, pee, realize, train, make up, specify, bushel, develop, sterilise, give, unsex, attain, relieve oneself, pull in, set, wee, induce, form, spend a penny, touch on, make, gear up, limit, fake, prepare, micturate, deposit, furbish up, take in, machinate, organise, repair, score, get, secure, build, situate, make believe, throw, pass water, arrive at, pee-pee, sterilize, set up, ca-ca, devise, misrepresent, determine, puddle, take a crap, clear, produce, nominate, groom, educate, manipulate, organize, take a leak, fasten, pay off, desexualize, cause, urinate, get up, wangle, work, realise, seduce

  10. pay back, pay off, get, fixverb

    take vengeance on or get even

    "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

    Synonyms:
    desexualize, take, desexualise, restore, make, gear up, mystify, experience, develop, draw, cook, have, mend, become, desex, sustain, ready, receive, scram, unsex, amaze, stimulate, sire, limit, posit, drive, engender, go, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, fixate, beat, pay, set about, get down, incur, make up, contract, bring forth, grow, specify, dumbfound, stupefy, start, fasten, arrest, beget, liquidate, sterilise, secure, repair, bring, bewilder, sterilize, mother, buy off, father, buzz off, catch, touch on, let, obtain, redeem, puzzle, flummox, repay, compensate, set, get, generate, prepare, capture, find, deposit, define, furbish up, baffle, produce, start out, pose, vex, situate, aim, induce, perplex, gravel, begin, fetch, set up, reward, determine, commence, arrive, set out, convey, acquire, come, pay off, bushel, bugger off, cause, doctor, nonplus

  11. fixverb

    set or place definitely

    "Let's fix the date for the party!"

    Synonyms:
    unsex, ready, desex, posit, mend, pay back, set, furbish up, gear up, set up, sterilize, restore, bushel, touch on, sterilise, determine, define, desexualise, specify, cook, doctor, get, fasten, pay off, make, repair, deposit, situate, fixate, limit, secure, desexualize, prepare

  12. fixverb

    kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

    Synonyms:
    unsex, ready, desex, posit, mend, pay back, set, furbish up, gear up, set up, sterilize, restore, bushel, touch on, sterilise, determine, define, desexualise, specify, cook, doctor, get, fasten, pay off, make, repair, deposit, situate, fixate, limit, secure, desexualize, prepare

  13. fixate, fixverb

    make fixed, stable or stationary

    "let's fix the picture to the frame"

    Synonyms:
    furbish up, desexualise, sterilize, ready, prepare, get, set up, cook, secure, sterilise, gear up, mend, make, fasten, fixate, bushel, desexualize, define, specify, determine, desex, deposit, touch on, repair, pay back, posit, settle on, unsex, situate, limit, restore, set, pay off, doctor

  14. sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fixverb

    make infertile

    "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"

    Synonyms:
    furbish up, desexualise, sterilize, ready, prepare, get, set up, cook, make, secure, sterilise, gear up, mend, unsex, fasten, determine, bushel, desexualize, define, specify, desex, fixate, deposit, touch on, repair, pay back, posit, situate, limit, restore, set, pay off, doctor

  15. fixverb

    influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

    "fix a race"

    Synonyms:
    unsex, ready, desex, posit, mend, pay back, set, furbish up, gear up, set up, sterilize, restore, bushel, touch on, sterilise, determine, define, desexualise, specify, cook, doctor, get, fasten, pay off, make, repair, deposit, situate, fixate, limit, secure, desexualize, prepare

  16. situate, fix, posit, depositverb

    put (something somewhere) firmly

    "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

    Synonyms:
    furbish up, desexualise, stick, sterilize, ready, put forward, prepare, get, set up, cook, secure, sterilise, bank, gear up, mend, state, make, fasten, fixate, bushel, desexualize, define, specify, postulate, lodge, determine, desex, deposit, touch on, repair, pay back, posit, locate, unsex, situate, limit, wedge, submit, restore, set, pay off, doctor

  17. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setverb

    make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

    "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

    Synonyms:
    localize, restore, organise, fructify, doctor, secure, cook, mend, touch on, launch, desex, jell, entrap, put, fixate, do, go under, congeal, effect, frame, place, pay back, posit, install, set up, define, countersink, raise, lay, plant, coif, dress, ready, found, specify, mark, arrange, establish, correct, fasten, train, effectuate, bushel, develop, sterilise, unsex, sterilize, set, desexualise, devise, make, sic, gear up, limit, get, prepare, put together, situate, coiffe, deposit, tack, furbish up, machinate, repair, pose, pitch, position, assemble, piece, rear, put in, typeset, rig, instal, order, ensnare, determine, coiffure, groom, erect, go down, put up, educate, organize, pay off, desexualize, localise, get up, lay out, adjust, tack together

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fixnoun

    Antonyms:
    extrication, release

    Synonyms:
    dilemma, predicament, plight, quandary

Editors Contribution2.0 / 2 votes

  1. devastate

    Submitted by anonymous on January 12, 2020  

How to use fix in a sentence?

  1. Lindsey Graham:

    For the sake of our Nation -- as our president -- please fix this, history is watching us all.

  2. Brian Deese:

    Let's fix that and make sure that we're able to use the money for the purpose it was appropriated for.

  3. Larry Light:

    Fix the speed, fix the food, love the customer you have more than the one you don't.

  4. Christopher Bogdan:

    We want to fix this so it is inherent in the airplane. We have always said that fusion was going to be tough. We are going to work through this.

  5. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images:

    You write your own narrative. What’s going on, I don’t want to crush any other players, but what’s going on with the 76ers, Ben Simmons, stuff like that. All that is because of a lack of accountability, a lack of owning up to mistakes and a lack of correcting things, if all that got corrected, you fix the free throws, if you’re getting better as a player, none of this is happening. Everybody can b---- and complain about how tough this city is to play in. Just play better, man. This city will love you.

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