PATCHES Synonyms: 186 Similar and Opposite Words

patches 1 of 2

noun

plural of patch

as in blotches

a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part a black cat with a small patch of white next to her nose

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as in specks

a very small piece a patch of land hardly big enough for a garden

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patches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of patch

as in repairs

to put into good shape or working order again patch the tire and it'll be as good as new

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Recent Examples of patches

Noun

As the weather cools and pool parties and cookouts are traded for football tailgates and pumpkin patches, why not add a concert to the mix? — Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026 After Swift appeared with Fazit’s Gold Speckles makeup patches decorating her cheeks, the brand reported a 3,500 percent increase in direct-to-consumer sales. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026 Walk the field this time of year, and barren patches are visible — spots where nothing has grown and the rice has died or gone missing. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026 But unlike actual fatigues, this is cut to drape just right in all the right places and is clean of any distressing and patches. — Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026 Rosa hybrid flower extract provides antioxidant and skin-conditioning benefits, while dimethicone seals in hydration and smooth over flaky patches. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 Sep. 2026 The apple orchards, hayrides, pumpkin patches and fall festivals cannot be beat. — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 According to the manufacturer, the system is designed to deactivate organic medications including opioids, most illicit drugs and vape fluid in different forms like pills, liquid and patches. — Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 But that gas could come in the form of the doughnut, or as puffy clouds that fill in patches of the black hole’s sky, as opposed to the shell of gas around a black hole star. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

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By Childs’s count, Tuesday’s release patches 972 vulnerabilities, and 997 when counting the porting of fixes for the Chromium browser incorporated into Edge. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026 The unisex capsule, consisting of nine items, offers a nostalgic take on the history of F1, drawing on style icons like the late Ayrton Senna and the sponsor logo patches on drivers’ uniforms. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2026 To fix this issue, the FDA is leaning on manufacturers to step up and speed up production, adding shifts, expanding capacity, bringing on new lines and specialized equipment, and prioritizing estradiol patches ahead of other products. — Caitlin Kiernan, Flow Space, 4 Sep. 2026 Reps send payment links manually, RevOps patches data and Finance chases numbers that should’ve been captured upstream. — Ashish Srimal, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 When Google publicly discloses and patches a flaw, details of exploiting the bug are often vague. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026 Through the agreement, the Jayhawks will sport XRP Cryptocurrency patches on every Kansas Athletics jersey, including for the KU men’s basketball team. — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 Sweat patches Many professional soccer players started using commercial wearables long before the World Cup kicked off. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 First, find all your ilmenite-rich regions (which are typically in lunar mare, the dark patches on the moon that signify frozen seas of ancient lava). — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026

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Noun

Juveniles can be distinguished by their dark facial bands and gray or tan body patterned with black or brown blotches.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Crews are also using steam to remove blotches of chewing gum, which have turned black over time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of blotches

Verb

In that dialogue, Endymion, the mythical shepherd, is imprisoned in an eternal sleep by Artemis and accosts a stranger who is on his way to Mount Latmus, where Endymion repairs each night to wait for Artemis.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Israel bars entry of almost all construction materials, making even repairs difficult.

— Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of repairs

Noun

Speaking in the October/November issue of Reader’s Digest, out Friday, Groban told interviewer Leigh Belz Ray (who is also the 104-year-old magazine’s editor in chief) that he was cautioned that the comedy bits might confuse some fans of his music.

— Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026
Both Carrie Ann and Derek praise Guillermo for committing to the character of the dance instead of comedy bits.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of bits

Noun

From the dining table below, where a young Charley often helped her grandmother fill blank planes with delicate dots, Caland could look up and see how far her line had taken her.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Sometimes the best way to find them is by digging through what came before, connecting dots, and seeing something that everyone else missed.

— Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of dots

Noun

Since particles from hotter matter generally have more momentum, the changes revealed how the fireball’s temperature varies between collisions.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
The quantumness involved is simple, fleeting, and kind of unavoidable — even in a flask of dead chemicals, some tiny particles will tunnel through energetic barriers.

— Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026