AMEND: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for AMEND?

Need another word that means the same as “amend”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “amend” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Amend” are: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate, revise, alter, change, modify, qualify, adapt, adjust, put right, set right, set to rights, put to rights, restore, solve, sort out, straighten out, resolve, deal with, correct, mend, fix, redress, make good

Amend as a Verb

Definitions of "Amend" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “amend” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Put right.
• Make minor changes to (a text, piece of legislation, etc.) in order to make it fairer or more accurate, or to reflect changing circumstances.
• Make amendments to.
• Set straight or right.
• To make better.
• Improve the texture or fertility of (soil.

Synonyms of "Amend" as a verb (30 Words)

adapt	Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions. Hospitals have had to be adapted for modern medical practice.
adjust	Adapt or become used to a new situation. A single control adjusts the water flow.
alter	Make an alteration to. Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage.
ameliorate	To make better. The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.
better	To make better. His account can hardly be bettered.
change	Change clothes put on different clothes. The nature of the industry is likely to change.
correct	Make right or correct. The Council issued a statement correcting some points in the press reports.
deal with	Come to terms with.
fix	Decide upon or fix definitely. He perfected a process of fixing a photographic likeness on a silver plate.
improve	To make better. Efforts to improve relations between the countries.
make good	Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.
meliorate	To make better.
mend	Improve (an unpleasant situation. Foot injuries can take months to mend.
modify	Transform (a structure) from its original anatomical form during development or evolution. Please modify this letter to make it more polite.
put right	Formulate in a particular style or language.
put to rights	Cause (someone) to undergo something.
qualify	Make (someone) competent or knowledgeable enough to do something. Qualify these remarks.
rectify	Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities. Rectify the inequities in salaries.
redress	Make reparations or amends for. The power to redress the grievances of our citizens.
remediate	Restore by reversing or stopping environmental damage. Use of plants to remediate soils contaminated with heavy metals.
remedy	Set right (an undesirable situation. Money will be given to remedy the poor funding of nurseries.
repair	Put right (an unwelcome situation. This treatment repaired my health.
resolve	(with reference to a discord) pass or cause to pass into a concord during the course of harmonic change. Can this image be resolved.
restore	Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. The week at the spa restored me.
revise	Revise or reorganize especially for the purpose of updating and improving. He had cause to revise his opinion a moment after expressing it.
set right	Become gelatinous.
set to rights	Apply or start.
solve	Settle, as of a debt. Did you solve the problem.
sort out	Arrange or order by classes or categories.
straighten out	Straighten by unrolling.

Usage Examples of "Amend" as a verb

• Amend the document.
• The rule was amended to apply only to non-members.
• Amend your soil with peat moss or compost.
• A few things had gone wrong, but these had been amended.

Associations of "Amend" (30 Words)

adapt	Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions. The film was adapted from a Turgenev short story.
adaptation	The responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light. A three part adaptation of Hard Times.
adaption	The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions.
adjust	Adapt or become used to a new situation. We must adjust to the bad economic situation.
adjustment	The act of adjusting something to match a standard. For many couples there may need to be a period of adjustment.
alter	Make an alteration to. Plans to alter the dining hall.
constitution	The constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states. Pregnancy had weakened her constitution.
correct	Socially right or correct. Motorists can have their headlights tested and corrected at a reduced price on Saturday.
disabuse	Free somebody (from an erroneous belief. He quickly disabused me of my fanciful notions.
emend	Alter (something that is incorrect. These studies show him collating manuscripts and emending texts.
fix	Make fixed stable or stationary. Having made landfall he fixed his position.
heal	Get healthy again. The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to.
improve	To make better. The editor improved the manuscript with his changes.
manually	By hand. Change channels manually rather than using the remote control.
metamorphose	Change or cause to change completely in form or nature. Feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults.
modify	Add a modifier to a constituent. Please modify this letter to make it more polite.
modulation	A change from one key to another in a piece of music. Researchers observed the modulation of electrical conductance.
ratification	The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid. Ratification of the treaty raised problems in several member states.
ratify	Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. Both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.
rectify	Set straight or right. We are working to rectify the situation.
reform	The action or process of reforming an institution or practice. Reform gas.
reschedule	Change the time of (a planned event. They rescheduled external debts to improve their economic situation.
retouch	Give retouches to hair. Retouch the roots.
revamp	Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp. An attempt to revamp the museum s image.
revisal	The act of rewriting something.
revise	Revise or reorganize especially for the purpose of updating and improving. He had cause to revise his opinion a moment after expressing it.
rewrite	Rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose. Rewrite after rewrite was drafted to ensure the final version would pass muster.
transfigure	Transform into something more beautiful or elevated. Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection.
transformation	A metamorphosis during the life cycle of an animal. British society underwent a radical transformation.
validation	The action of checking or proving the validity or accuracy of something. The technique requires validation in controlled trials.