adjust
verb
transitive verb
intransitive verb
Synonyms
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- accommodate
- adapt
- condition
- conform
- doctor
- edit
- fashion
- fit
- put
- shape
- suit
- tailor
Example Sentences
Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 Richardson, a veteran of the BSA and a recent Arkansas resident, discusses scouting in the Natural State as families adjust to post-pandemic life. Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2022 Responding officers helped adjust the situation, and the woman agreed to stay elsewhere for the night. cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022 De Armas, who is Cuban, then spent a full year working with a voice coach to adjust her accept and capture Marilyn’s intonations. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 Add detailing to the finished pillow front by sewing decorative seams down the middle of the strips, or adjust your sewing machine settings to add decorative patterns. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2022 Coach Andy Reid and the offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy will undoubtedly find ways to adjust to Hill’s absence. New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022 This generously wide baby gate has eight panels that attach and detach to adjust its length to fit an entryway or gate off an entire section of a room. Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2022 As much as Ham has complimented Westbrook, there are doubts in his head about whether the player can adjust. Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
borrowed from French ajuster (earlier and Middle French also spelled adjuster), going back to Old French ajouster "to make comply with," from a- (going back to Latin ad- ad-) + -jouster, verbal derivative of juste "right, exact" — more at just entry 1
1611, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- adapt
- tailor
- conform
- put
- suit
- shape
- edit
- customize
- accommodate
- prepare
- acclimate
- fit
- acclimatize
- readjust
- condition
- modify
- match
- alter
- fashion
- transform
- doctor
- bend
- establish
- convert
- correct
- tune
- equip
- revise
- model
- attune
- orient
- gear
- readapt
- pattern
- harmonize
- regulate
- rework
- orientate
- root
- ready
- accustom
- familiarize
- reclaim
- square
- redesign
- refocus
- recast
- train
- acquaint
- prime
- habituate
- reinvent
- settle
- redo
- recycle
- reengineer
- harden
- toughen
- refigure
- rejigger
- rig
- remake
- fine-tune
- phase
- rehearse
- refashion
- remodel
- revamp
- season
- inure
- naturalize
- redevelop
- register
- refit
- habilitate
- make over
- fiddle (with)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- misadjust
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of adjust are accommodate, adapt, conform, and reconcile. While all these words mean "to bring one thing into correspondence with another," adjust suggests bringing into a close and exact correspondence or harmony such as exists between parts of a mechanism.
The synonyms accommodate and adjust are sometimes interchangeable, but accommodate may suggest yielding or compromising to effect a correspondence.
In some situations, the words adapt and adjust are roughly equivalent. However, adapt implies a modification according to changing circumstances.
The words conform and adjust are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, conform applies to bringing into accordance with a pattern, example, or principle.
The meanings of reconcile and adjust largely overlap; however, reconcile implies the demonstration of the underlying compatibility of things that seem to be incompatible.