What are some opposite words for fix?
Antonyms for fix
fɪksfix
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fixverb
fixverb
A repair or corrective action.
That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
fixverb
To attach; to affix; to hold in place.
It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
fixverb
A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
Just one fix! -Alain Jourgensen
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.
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.
fixverb
To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
fixverb
To map a (point or subset) to itself.
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.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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free, loose, set free, unbind, unfasten, unloose, untieSynonyms:
bind, compel, engage, fasten, fetter, oblige, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, tiePreposition:
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.
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
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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, potfixnoun
something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
"she needed a fix of chocolate"
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repair, muddle, fixture, mending, jam, hole, locating, mend, kettle of fish, localization, reparation, location, pickle, localisation, fixing, messrepair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparationnoun
the act of putting something in working order again
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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, patchfixnoun
an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
"collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
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repair, muddle, fixture, mending, jam, hole, locating, mend, kettle of fish, localization, reparation, location, pickle, localisation, fixing, messlocalization, localisation, location, locating, fixverb
a determination of the place where something is
"he got a good fix on the target"
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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 functionrepair, 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"
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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, indemnifyfasten, fix, secureverb
cause to be firmly attached
"fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
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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, doctorspecify, set, determine, define, fix, limitverb
decide upon or fix definitely
"fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
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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, designatecook, 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"
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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, seducepay 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"
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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, nonplusfixverb
set or place definitely
"Let's fix the date for the party!"
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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, preparefixverb
kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
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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, preparefixate, fixverb
make fixed, stable or stationary
"let's fix the picture to the frame"
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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, doctorsterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fixverb
make infertile
"in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
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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, doctorfixverb
influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
"fix a race"
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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, preparesituate, 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"
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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, doctorfix, 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 Words
fixnoun
Antonyms:
extrication, releaseSynonyms:
dilemma, predicament, plight, quandary
Editors Contribution
devastate
How to use fix in a sentence?
This is a misstatement of the law and the argument is improper, there’s no way we can fix it.
Guys just tried to stay as ready as they could through the quarantine process, there wasn’t much we could do but a lot of guys were watching film, trying to fix the stuff they could work on. Of course we were a little rusty but we just kind of came together and we’re starting to catch a flow where everyone’s being aggressive, everyone’s showing up.
That was always intriguing for me as a researcher, because normally the name of the game is to find the flaws and fix them, now we're finding' flaws' that the client seems to like, and want to keep.
We feel like (McDonald) is different because he's actually taken the time to meet veterans and ask them what they need, but there has to be much more. Everyone in this country -- beyond us, beyond veterans -- must make sure that the people who can fix the VA stick to their promises and make it happen.
Every caricature thrust upon the national press — that we are culturally elitist, professionally incestuous, socioeconomically detached and ideologically biased — is confirmed by this trainwreck of an event. Journalists, the joke’s on us. The WHCD is broken. Fix The WHCD or end The WHCD.
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