Fix and Modify

Fix

Fix verb - To put into good shape or working order again.

Usage example: have to fix the car before we can go

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Modify and fix are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Modify" instead a verb "Fix".

Nearby Words: fixed, fixing, fixate, fixer

Modify verb - To limit the meaning of (as a noun).

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Fix and modify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fix" instead a verb "Modify".

life	fix life	modify life
part	fix part	modify part
system	fix system	modify system
equipment	fix equipment	modify equipment
Other words: time, way, face, world, game, story, damage, past, car, ship, cars, lives.

The only known fix is to modify the save game file itself with a few hundred "placeholder" event counters.

Source: Video Game / Baldur's Gate II
Their inventions seem to start with an idea, then modify as they go to fix perceived problems in ways that seem reasonable until you look at the whole.

Source: Inventional Wisdom
Author Isaac Asimov agreed to write a novelization of the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage only if he was allowed to modify the story to fix the plot holes and science errors in the screenplay.

Source: Adaptation First

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Modify and Fix. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/modify

Fix & Modify. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/modify>.

Modify or Fix. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/modify.

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