Defenition of the word modify

Defenition of the word modify
- To make different.
- To make partial changes.
- To add a modifier to a constituent.
- make modifications (to); "please modify this letter to make it more polite"
- add a modifier to a constituent; in grammar
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
- make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
- add a modifier to a constituent
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- make less severe or harsh or extreme

Synonyms for the word modify

- adapt
- adjust
- alter
- amend
- change
- control
- curb
- moderate
- modulate
- mutate
- play down
- qualify
- revise
- temper
- tone down
- transform
- vary

Similar words in the modify

- modify
- modifying

Hyponyms for the word modify

- accelerate
- accustom
- acerbate
- acetylate
- acetylise
- acetylize
- achromatise
- achromatize
- activate
- add
- adjust
- adorn
- aerate
- affect
- age
- aggravate
- alchemise
- alchemize
- alcoholise
- alcoholize
- alien
- alienate
- alkalinise
- alkalinize
- allegorise
- allegorize
- alter
- amalgamate
- ameliorate
- amend
- Americanise
- Americanize
- anglicise
- anglicize
- angulate
- animalise
- animalize
- animate
- animise
- animize
- antiquate
- antique
- archaise
- archaize
- arouse
- arterialise
- arterialize
- ash
- assimilate
- attemper
- automate
- automatise
- automatize
- awaken
- barb
- barbarise
- barbarize
- bear on
- bear upon
- beautify
- bedim
- beef up
- begrime
- bemire
- bestialise
- bestialize
- bestow
- better
- blear
- blind
- blister
- blot out
- blunt
- blur
- boil
- bolshevise
- bolshevize
- break
- break down
- break up
- brighten
- bring
- brutalise
- brutalize
- bubble
- buffer
- calcify
- camp
- capture
- cause to sleep
- centralise
- centralize
- change intensity
- change over
- change taste
- charge
- chasten
- check
- chill
- chord
- circularize
- civilise
- civilize
- clarify
- classicise
- classicize
- clean
- clear
- clot
- cloud
- coagulate
- coarsen
- cohere
- collimate
- colly
- color
- color in
- colorise
- colorize
- colour
- colour in
- colourise
- colourize
- commercialise
- commercialize
- commix
- communise
- communize
- commute
- compensate
- complicate
- concentrate
- condense
- confuse
- constitutionalise
- constitutionalize
- contaminate
- contract
- contribute
- conventionalise
- conventionalize
- convert
- cook
- cool
- cool down
- correct
- corrupt
- counterchange
- crack
- cream
- crush
- cry
- cushion
- customise
- customize
- cut
- damage
- darken
- de-emphasise
- de-emphasize
- deactivate
- deaden
- deaminate
- deaminize
- debase
- debauch
- decarboxylate
- decelerate
- decentralise
- decentralize
- decimalise
- decimalize
- deconcentrate
- decorate
- decrease
- decrepitate
- deflate
- defog
- deform
- degauss
- dehydrogenate
- delay
- demagnetise
- demagnetize
- demist
- democratise
- democratize
- demonise
- demonize
- demoralise
- demoralize
- demulsify
- demythologise
- demythologize
- denationalise
- denationalize
- denaturalise
- denaturalize
- denature
- deodorise
- deodorize
- deodourise
- depersonalise
- depersonalize
- depolarise
- depolarize
- deprave
- depress
- desensitise
- desensitize
- destabilise
- destabilize
- destress
- detransitivise
- detransitivize
- devalue
- develop
- devilise
- devilize
- diabolise
- diabolize
- digitalise
- digitalize
- digitise
- digitize
- dinge
- dirty
- disable
- disaffect
- disarray
- discolor
- disenable
- disharmonize
- disintegrate
- dismiss
- disorder
- disqualify
- dissimilate
- dissolve
- dissonate
- disturb
- diversify
- dizzy
- domesticate
- domesticise
- domesticize
- dope
- draw
- drop
- dry
- dry out
- dull
- dynamise
- dynamize
- ease off
- ease up
- edit
- edit out
- effeminise
- effeminize
- elaborate
- elevate
- embellish
- embrittle
- empty
- emulsify
- enable
- end
- energise
- energize
- envenom
- equal
- equalise
- equalize
- equate
- eroticize
- erreminise
- estrange
- eternalise
- eternalize
- eternise
- eternize
- etherealize
- etherialise
- etiolate
- Europeanise
- Europeanize
- evaporate
- even
- even out
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- exchange
- excite
- expand
- extend
- exteriorise
- exteriorize
- externalise
- externalize
- fasten
- fat
- fatten
- fatten out
- fatten up
- fecundate
- feminise
- feminize
- fertilise
- fertilize
- fill
- fill out
- fill up
- fix
- flatten
- flesh out
- flocculate
- form
- fortify
- freeze
- Frenchify
- freshen
- full
- gear up
- gelatinise
- gelatinize
- get
- glamorise
- glamorize
- glamourise
- glamourize
- glorify
- grace
- grime
- habituate
- harden
- harmonise
- harmonize
- harshen
- heat
- heat up
- hide
- hop up
- hot up
- hue
- humanise
- humanize
- humble
- hydrogenate
- immaterialise
- immaterialize
- immortalise
- immortalize
- impact
- impart
- improve
- inactivate
- incandesce
- incapacitate
- increase
- indispose
- individualise
- individualize
- industrialise
- industrialize
- inflate
- inflect
- inform
- inseminate
- inspissate
- insulate
- intensify
- interchange
- internationalise
- internationalize
- intransitivise
- intransitivize
- introvert
- invalidate
- invert
- iodinate
- ionate
- Islamise
- Islamize
- isomerise
- isomerize
- lace
- laicise
- laicize
- land
- legitimate
- lend
- lessen
- let up
- liberalise
- liberalize
- lifehack
- lift
- lighten
- lighten up
- liquefy
- liquidise
- liquidize
- liquify
- loose
- loosen
- louden
- lower
- lubricate
- magnetise
- magnetize
- make
- make clean
- make full
- make grow
- make possible
- mark
- market
- masculinise
- masculinize
- match
- mature
- mechanise
- mechanize
- meliorate
- merge
- militarise
- militarize
- mince
- mingle
- minify
- misdirect
- mix
- moderate
- morph
- muddy
- mythicise
- mythicize
- mythologise
- mythologize
- nationalise
- nationalize
- naturalise
- naturalize
- Nazify
- neutralise
- neutralize
- nick
- normalise
- normalize
- obfuscate
- objectify
- obliterate
- obnubilate
- obscure
- occidentalise
- occidentalize
- officialise
- officialize
- opacify
- opalise
- opalize
- opsonize
- optimise
- optimize
- orientalise
- orientalize
- ornament
- ossify
- outmode
- overcloud
- overturn
- oxidate
- oxidise
- oxidize
- oxygenise
- oxygenize
- paganise
- paganize
- pall
- parallel
- patent
- perplex
- personalise
- personalize
- pervert
- piggyback
- plasticise
- plasticize
- plump
- plump out
- poison
- polarise
- polarize
- politicise
- politicize
- port
- prepare
- pressurise
- pressurize
- profane
- professionalise
- professionalize
- proof
- prostrate
- purge
- purify
- put
- qualify
- radicalize
- raise
- rarefy
- rarify
- rationalise
- rationalize
- ready
- reclaim
- recombine
- recommend
- reconstruct
- rectify
- redact
- redo
- redress
- reestablish
- refine
- reflate
- reform
- refresh
- refreshen
- regenerate
- reinstate
- relax
- remodel
- renormalise
- renormalize
- replace
- restore
- restrict
- retard
- reverse
- revolutionise
- revolutionize
- right
- ripen
- romanticise
- romanticize
- round
- round down
- round off
- round out
- rouse
- rusticate
- sanctify
- sanitise
- sanitize
- saponify
- saturate
- sauce
- schematise
- schematize
- scramble
- sensibilise
- sensibilize
- sensify
- sensitise
- sensitize
- sentimentalise
- sentimentalize
- set
- set aside
- set up
- sex up
- sexualise
- sexualize
- shade
- shake
- shallow
- shape
- sharpen
- shift
- shoal
- shorten
- simplify
- slenderise
- slenderize
- slow down
- smut
- sober
- socialise
- socialize
- soften
- soil
- solemnise
- solemnize
- solvate
- soup up
- specialise
- specialize
- speed
- speed up
- spice
- spice up
- spike
- spiritualize
- spoil
- sputter
- stabilise
- stabilize
- stain
- steepen
- stiffen
- still
- straighten
- straighten out
- strengthen
- string
- subdue
- sublimate
- substitute
- subtilize
- suburbanise
- suburbanize
- subvert
- supercharge
- supple
- suspend
- sweeten
- switch
- symmetrise
- symmetrize
- synchronise
- synchronize
- syncopate
- tame
- temper
- tender
- tenderise
- tenderize
- tense
- terminate
- territorialise
- territorialize
- thicken
- think
- tighten
- tone down
- touch
- touch on
- transaminate
- transfigure
- transform
- transitivise
- transitivize
- translate
- transmute
- transpose
- transubstantiate
- turn
- turn back
- uglify
- unclutter
- undo
- unfit
- uniformise
- uniformize
- unify
- unite
- unsanctify
- unscramble
- unsex
- unsubstantialise
- unsubstantialize
- untie
- untune
- update
- urbanise
- urbanize
- validate
- vaporise
- variegate
- vascularise
- vascularize
- veil
- ventilate
- verbify
- vesiculate
- virilise
- virilize
- visualise
- visualize
- vitalise
- vitalize
- vitiate
- vitrify
- vivify
- void
- volatilise
- volatilize
- vulgarise
- vulgarize
- wake
- wake up
- waken
- warm
- weaken
- weaponize
- westernise
- westernize
- wet
- widen
- womanize
- worsen

Hypernyms for the word modify

- add
- change

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Words in other languages

English: Hello
Russian: Привет
France: Bonjour
Spanish: Hola
Dautch: Guten Aben