fix

fix

noun

Definition of FIX

1

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape <what a fix we're in!>

Synonyms bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jackpot [chiefly West], jam, mire, pickle, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp

Related Words difficulty, node; hot water, soup; pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, trouble; deadlock, halt, logjam, stalemate, standstill; clutch, crisis, crossroad, emergency, exigency, juncture, strait

2

something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision <caught the judge on video accepting the fix from the mob boss>

Synonyms backhander [British], boodle, cumshaw, fix, sop

Related Words baksheesh, kickback, payoff; slush fund; incentive, incitement, instigation, motivation, provocation, spur, stimulation, stimulus; boost, encouragement, goad, inducement; allurement, bait, enticement, lure, seduction, temptation, turn-on; flattery, persuasion; decoy, snare, trap

3

an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something <what's your fix on the military situation over there?>

Synonyms appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, evaluation, fix, judgment (or judgement), value judgment

Related Words aperçu, feeling, impression, notion, perception; confidence, faith, stock, trust; belief, conviction, mind, persuasion, sentiment, view; conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, surmise, theory