Synonyms for modification
ˌmɒd ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃənmod·i·fi·ca·tion

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1. modification

   Synonyms:
   alteration, revision, variation, qualification, species

   Antonyms:
   retention, stereotype, stabilisation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alteration, modification, adjustmentnoun

   the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

   Synonyms:
   limiting, change, readjustment, qualifying, adaption, alteration, accommodation, revision, fitting, allowance, adjustment, registration, adaptation

2. modificationnoun

   slightly modified copy; not an exact copy

   "a modification of last year's model"

   Synonyms:
   change, qualifying, alteration, adjustment, limiting

3. modification, qualifying, limitingnoun

   the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

   Synonyms:
   limiting, change, qualifying, passing, alteration, adjustment, pass

4. change, alteration, modificationnoun

   an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

   "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"

   Synonyms:
   change, qualifying, revision, alteration, variety, adjustment, limiting

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Copy
   • Happening

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1. modificationnoun

   Synonyms:
   alteration, variation, qualification, change

2. modificationnoun

   Synonyms:
   form, mode, affection, accident

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1. List of paraphrases for "modification":

   amendment, change, modifying, alteration, modified, modify, amend, amending, modifications, amendments, changes, amended, changing, revision, variation, altering

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1. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton:

   Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.

2. Michelle Oblak:

   [ 3D printing ] shifts the focus from an implant that has been designed for common use that requires modification to a patient, to a patient-specific implant that has been designed directly for them.

3. The MIC Coalition:

   The decrees have helped mitigate anti-competitive behavior, while also ensuring songwriters and creators get paid when their music is played in the millions of American venues, the modification, elimination or even the possible sunset of the decrees at the present time would lead to chaos for the entire marketplace.

4. Lorelei Curtin:

   After humans arrived and brought sheep with them, the vegetation changed, we see more grass-type vegetation, which is consistent with landscape modification from animal grazing. This what we see on The Faroes today.

5. Norbert Krause:

   I don't know anything about the modification of the software, the software was okay when we certified the vehicle and we made our durability runs. Everything was fine.