Synonyms for tweak
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Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. pinch, tweakverb

   a squeeze with the fingers

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, jot, soupcon, touch, exigency, collar, catch, speck, hint, pinch, mite, tinge, taking into custody, arrest, emergency

2. tweakverb

   pinch or squeeze sharply

   Synonyms:
   pull off, pluck, fine-tune, pick off

3. pluck, tweak, pull off, pick offverb

   pull or pull out sharply

   "pluck the flowers off the bush"

   Synonyms:
   fleece, cull, manage, bring off, surcharge, carry off, hustle, pick, deplume, hook, displume, pluck, fine-tune, pull off, pull, roll, overcharge, tear, soak, plunk, negociate, draw away, gazump, rob, deplumate, pick off, plume, draw off

4. fine-tune, tweakverb

   adjust finely

   "fine-tune the engine"

   Synonyms:
   down, graduate, calibrate, refine, pull off, fine-tune, polish, pluck, pick off

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1. • Pinch
   • Tune

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. tweakverb

   Synonyms:
   twitch, twinge, pinch, pull rudely

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1. James Marape:

   At the moment our resource laws are outdated ... we will look into maximizing gain from what God has given this country from our natural resources, i have every right to tweak and turn resource laws for my country, then it will empower my citizens as well.

2. Phil Levy:

   The administration made it seem like a quick tweak in some trade agreements would bring back the manufacturing workforce, but the problems have to do with technological change.

3. Katy Hansell:

   Figure out how to tweak the situation to get some momentum.

4. Eric Wish:

   While the press and the media talk about Spice and K2 like it’s a single type of phenomenon, the truth can’t be further from that, basically what you have is some chemist in another country, oftentimes the DEA says it’s China, who waits and they see what has been put on the prohibited list by the government. And then they go ahead and they tweak the molecule a little so it’s no longer on the prohibited list and then they make it available.

5. Olivier Jolliet:

   The index is primarily there to help aid in selecting and using calories consumed on a daily basis to tweak a minimum of habits and make the minimum of change to obtain a maximum benefit for health and the environment from our food experience.