Synonyms of modulates

modulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of modulate

as in regulates

to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.

He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels.

She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice.

Related Words

• regulates
• adjusts
• improves
• corrects
• adapts
• modifies
• attunes
• harmonizes
• alters
• changes
• readjusts
• tunes
• conforms
• accommodates
• fine-tunes
• matches
• customizes
• registers
• conditions
• tailors
• shapes
• phases
• squares
• puts
• ameliorates
• patterns
• fits
• acclimates
• fiddles (with)
• acclimatizes
• models
• tweaks
• gears
• rigs
• suits
• redresses
• edits
• fashions
• doctors
• rights
• readapts
• perfects
• revises
• repairs
• shortens
• moderates
• qualifies
• rewrites
• polishes
• rectifies
• reworks
• betters
• redraws
• emends
• mends
• amends
• fixes
• reforms
• touches up
• restyles
• remedies
• debugs
• redrafts
• cuts
• blue-pencils
• red-pencils

Dissimilar Words

• impairs
• hurts
• injures
• damages
• harms
• mars
• aggravates
• spoils
• worsens
• misadjusts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of modulates

Designer Sherrice Mojgani carefully modulates the lighting to isolate the narrative cutaways. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026

In doing so, poetry modulates our neuroendocrine, neuroimmune, circulatory, and other systems to bring back healing. — K.j.s. “sunny” Anand, Time, 15 Oct. 2025

While the Earth system is unfathomably complex, Mills has been able to reproduce the broad trajectory of our climate over the ages by turning just four knobs — each of which modulates the carbon dioxide budget. — Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025

That’s a big deal because plate tectonics is our master story for how Earth recycles rock, drives volcanism and mountain-building, and modulates climate over geologic time. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025

These scenes are some of the strongest, as Pellerin impressively modulates Matthew’s turn from endearingly cringey to terrifyingly single-minded. — Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025

Coating the film with transparent electrodes enabled them to excite the crystal, setting up an acoustic standing wave that modulates the intensity of light passing through it. — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Apr. 2022