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

Need another word that means the same as “fixes”? Find 49 synonyms and 30 related words for “fixes” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Fixes” are: localisation, localization, locating, location, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on, deposit, posit, situate, desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, define, determine, limit, set, specify, gear up, prepare, ready, set up, get, pay back, pay off, cook, make, fasten, secure, fixate

Fixes as a Noun

Definitions of "Fixes" as a noun

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

• Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug.
• Informal terms for a difficult situation.
• A determination of the place where something is.
• An exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear.
• The act of putting something in working order again.

Synonyms of "Fixes" as a noun (16 Words)

fixing	The action of mending or repairing something. Problems in need of fixing.
fixture	A piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building or vehicle. The team s last away fixture of the season.
hole	An aperture passing through something. Intriguing as it sounds the theory is full of holes.
jam	A hold obtained by jamming a part of the body such as a hand or foot into a crack in the rock. The band dedicated about a quarter of the set to new jams.
kettle of fish	A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
localisation	(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body.
localization	(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body. The tug of war between the forces of globalization and localization.
locating	A determination of the place where something is.
location	An actual place or natural setting in which a film or broadcast is made, as distinct from a simulation in a studio. The location of new housing beyond the existing built up areas.
mend	A repair in a material. Her stockings had several mends.
mending	Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment. A muddle of books and mending.
mess	A meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel. I look a mess.
muddle	Informal terms for a difficult situation. She was able to cut through confusion and muddle.
pickle	A pickled cucumber. I am in a pickle.
repair	The action of repairing something. The hospital is in a bad state of repair.
reparation	Compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors. An act for which there is no reparation.

Usage Examples of "Fixes" as a noun

• Collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers.
• He got a good fix on the target.
• He got into a terrible fix.
• She needed a fix of chocolate.

Fixes as a Verb

Definitions of "Fixes" as a verb

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

• Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means.
• Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
• Decide upon or fix definitely.
• Make fixed, stable or stationary.
• Put (something somewhere) firmly.
• Prepare for eating by applying heat.
• Make infertile.
• Set or place definitely.
• Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.
• Take vengeance on or get even.
• Cause to be firmly attached.
• Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study.

Synonyms of "Fixes" as a verb (33 Words)

bushel	Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
cook	(of food) be heated so that the state required for eating is reached. A narcotics team who cooked the evidence.
define	Determine the essential quality of. What defines a good wine.
deposit	Put, fix, force, or implant. He deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table.
desex	Deprive (someone) of sexual qualities or attraction. My face looked pinched unhappiness had desexed me.
desexualise	Make infertile.
desexualize	Make infertile. Sanitized desexualized renderings of lesbian love.
determine	Find out learn or determine with certainty usually by making an inquiry or other effort. She determined to tackle Stephen the next day.
doctor	Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. I will doctor him everyday until he is better.
fasten	Become fixed or fastened. The tunic was fastened with a row of gilt buttons.
fixate	Make fixed, stable or stationary. Subjects fixated a central point.
furbish up	Polish and make shiny.
gear up	Set the level or character of.
get	Take vengeance on or get even. You don t want to get into debt.
limit	Place limits on extent or access. Try to limit the amount you drink.
make	Make or cause to be or to become. Can you make me an omelette.
mend	Return to health; heal. Workmen were mending faulty cabling.
pay back	Cancel or discharge a debt.
pay off	Be worth it.
posit	Put in position place. The Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature.
prepare	Prepare for eating by applying heat. Alkanes may be prepared by the removal of carbon dioxide from the corresponding carboxylic acid.
ready	Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use event etc. Get the children ready for school.
repair	Make good (damage. He repaired to his cabin in the woods.
restore	Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. The week at the spa restored me.
secure	Make certain of. Doors are likely to be well secured at night.
set	Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly. The goldsmith set the diamond.
set up	Urge to attack someone.
situate	Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey. The pilot light is usually situated at the front of the boiler.
specify	Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement make an express demand or provision in an agreement. The agency failed to specify that the workers were not their employees.
sterilise	Make free from bacteria.
sterilize	Make infertile. Babies feeding equipment can be cleaned and sterilized.
touch on	Consume.
unsex	Deprive of sex or sexual powers. She unsexed herself.

Usage Examples of "Fixes" as a verb

• Let's fix the picture to the frame.
• Let's fix the date for the party!
• Fix breakfast for the guests, please.
• She fixed her gaze on the man.
• I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill.
• Fix your eyes on this spot.
• Fix a race.
• That'll fix him good!
• Fix the variables.

Associations of "Fixes" (30 Words)

adjustment	Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. Only slight adjustments to the boat are necessary.
amend	Make amendments to. Amend the document.
assembler	A program for converting instructions written in low-level symbolic code into machine code.
attach	Be attached be in contact with. He doesn t attach too much importance to fixed ideas.
curative	A curative medicine or agent. The curative properties of herbs.
disabuse	Free somebody (from an erroneous belief. He quickly disabused me of my fanciful notions.
embedded	Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass. Confused by the embedded Latin quotations.
emend	Make corrections and revisions to (a text. These studies show him collating manuscripts and emending texts.
emendation	The process of making a revision or correction to a text. Here are some suggested emendations.
fixing	The action of fastening something in place. The fixing of additional strengthening steelwork.
glue	Be fixed as if by glue. His eyes were glued on her.
mechanic	A craftsman skilled in operating machine tools. A car mechanic.
mend	Heal or recover. Her stockings had several mends.
modify	Transform (a structure) from its original anatomical form during development or evolution. She may be prepared to modify her views.
overhaul	Analyse and improve (a system. A major overhaul of the healthcare system was proposed.
patch	Place a patch over a good eye in order to encourage a lazy eye to work. Synth patches over an endless drum pattern.
posit	A proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning. These plots are posited on a false premise about women s nature as inferior.
reanimate	Give fresh vigour or impetus to. His personal dislike of the man was reanimated.
rectify	Purify or refine (a substance) by repeated or continuous distillation. Rectify the inequities in salaries.
refit	Replace or repair machinery, equipment, and fittings in (a ship, building, etc. The refit of ships damaged by enemy action.
remedial	Giving or intended as a remedy or cure. Remedial surgery.
remedy	The margin within which coins as minted may differ from the standard fineness and weight. Compensation is available as a remedy against governmental institutions.
renovation	The action of renovating a building. This property is in need of complete renovation.
repair	A result of repairing something. One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich.
revamp	Give new and improved form, structure, or appearance to. 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.
set	Set down according to a plan. Set a record.
situate	Situated. Amy is now comfortably situated.
welder	Joins pieces of metal by welding them together. He worked as a welder in a steel factory.