modify

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verb

Definition of MODIFY

1

to limit the meaning of (as a noun) <adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs>

Synonyms modify

Related Words alter, color, distort, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp; narrow

Near Antonyms broaden, expand, widen

2

to make different in some way <he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly>

Synonyms alter, make over, modify, recast, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary

Related Words deform, metamorphose, mutate; regenerate, revolutionize, transfigure, transform, transmute; commute, convert, exchange; rejigger, retool

Antonyms fix, freeze, set, stabilize