repair - Definition | Dictionary definition of repair

Definition of repair

Verbs

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

"She repaired her TV set"

Synonyms:: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, restore, touch on

Antonyms:: break
ruin completely; bust; fall apart, wear, wear out
go to pieces; show more antonyms...

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; fiddle, tinker
try to fix or mend; fill
plug with a substance; close, fill up
fill or stop up; patch, piece
repair by adding pieces; cobble
repair or mend; point, repoint
repair the joints of bricks; trouble-shoot, troubleshoot
solve problems; patch, patch up
mend by putting a patch on; resole, sole
put a new sole on; revamp, vamp
provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; heel, reheel
put a new heel on; darn
repair by sewing

Type of:: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
to make better

make amends for; pay compensation for

"One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"

Synonyms:: compensate, indemnify, recompense

Types:: give
deliver in exchange or recompense

Type of:: pay
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

move, travel, or proceed toward some place

"He repaired to his cabin in the woods"

Synonyms:: resort

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

set straight or right

"repair an oversight"

Synonyms:: amend, rectify, remediate, remedy

Type of:: correct, rectify, right
make right or correct

give new life or energy to

"This treatment repaired my health"

Synonyms:: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, revive, revivify, vivify; come to, resuscitate
return to consciousness

Type of:: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate
cause to be alert and energetic

Nouns

the act of putting something in working order again

Synonyms:: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation

Types:: show 23 types...; hide 23 types...; darning
the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads; patching
the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it; care, maintenance, upkeep
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; camera care
keeping a camera in good working order; car care
keeping a car in good working order; inspection and repair, overhaul, service
periodic maintenance on a car or machine; pump priming
introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing; scheduled maintenance
maintenance at a regularly scheduled time; steam fitting
care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating; band aid, quick fix, quickie, quicky
hurried repair; restoration
the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state; re-establishment
restoration to a previous state; gentrification
the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents); reclamation, rehabilitation, renewal
the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation; rehabilitation
the restoration of someone to a useful place in society; reinstatement
the act of restoring someone to a previous position; rejuvenation
the act of restoring to a more youthful condition; reconstruction
the activity of constructing something again; makeover
a complete reconstruction and renovation of something; reassembly, refabrication
assembling again; re-formation, regeneration
forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting; rebuilding
building again; restitution
the act of restoring something to its original state

Type of:: improvement
the act of improving something

a formal way of referring to the condition of something

"the building was in good repair"

Type of:: condition, status
a state at a particular time

a frequently visited place

Synonyms:: hangout, haunt, resort, stamping ground

Types:: gathering place
a favorite haunt where people gather

Type of:: area, country
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)