Fix
Fix verb - To restore to a healthy condition.
Usage example: it took surgery and months of physical therapy to completely fix her bum knee
Wound
Wound verb - To cause bodily damage to.
Usage example: an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it
How words are described
| long | long fix | long wound |
| particular | particular fix | particular wound |
| single | single fix | single wound |
| obvious | obvious fix | obvious wound |
| Other adjectives: simple, little, bad, new, permanent, minor, bloody. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The spring is wound too tight and Arkwright is too cheap to fix it, but Granville is convinced it hungers for fingers.
Source: Enmity with an Object - Lelouch tried to fix everything by giving her amnesia, but she still wound up really insecure and timid.
Source: Break The Cutie / Anime - Healing Factor: According to Rick the serum will fix any wound in a matter of seconds.
Source: Web Video / Rickpointblank
Cite this Source
Wound and Fix. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/wound
Fix & Wound. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/wound>.
Wound or Fix. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/wound.
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