fix
verb
[ fɪks ]
• fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.
• "they had candles fixed to their helmets"
Similar:
fasten,
attach,
affix,
secure,
make fast,
join,
connect,
couple,
link,
install,
implant,
plant,
embed,
anchor,
stick,
glue,
bond,
cement,
pin,
nail,
screw,
bolt,
clamp,
clip,
bind,
tie,
lash,
establish,
position,
station,
situate,
lodge,
• decide or settle on (a specific price, date, course of action, etc.).
• "no date has yet been fixed for a hearing"
Similar:
decide on,
select,
choose,
resolve on,
determine,
arrive at,
settle,
set,
finalize,
arrange,
prearrange,
establish,
allot,
prescribe,
designate,
define,
name,
ordain,
appoint,
specify,
stipulate,
• mend or repair.
• "you've forgotten to fix that shelf"
Similar:
repair,
mend,
patch up,
put right,
put to rights,
set right,
get working,
make as good as new,
see to,
restore,
restore to working order,
remedy,
rectify,
put back together,
overhaul,
service,
renovate,
recondition,
rehabilitate,
rebuild,
reconstruct,
refit,
adjust,
fettle,
• make arrangements for (something); organize.
• "Harry's fixed up a meeting"
Similar:
arrange,
organize,
contrive,
sort out,
see to,
see about,
manage,
engineer,
orchestrate,
find a way,
swing,
wangle,
pull strings,
• make (a dye, photographic image, or drawing) permanent.
• "he perfected a process of fixing a photographic likeness on a silver plate"
Similar:
make permanent,
make fast,
set,
• influence the outcome of (something, especially a race, match, or election) by illegal or underhand means.
• "the club attempted to fix last Thursday's league match"
• take an injection of a narcotic drug.
Similar:
inject drugs,
take drugs,
shoot up,
mainline,
get one's fix,
• castrate or spay (an animal); neuter.
Similar:
castrate,
neuter,
geld,
cut,
emasculate,
spay,
desex,
sterilize,
alter,
doctor,
evirate,
caponize,
eunuchize,
fix
noun
• a difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.
• "how on earth did you get into such a fix?"
Similar:
predicament,
plight,
difficulty,
difficult situation,
awkward situation,
spot of trouble,
bit of bother,
corner,
ticklish/tricky situation,
tight spot,
muddle,
mess,
mare's nest,
quandary,
dilemma,
dire straits,
pickle,
jam,
hole,
spot,
scrape,
bind,
pinch,
sticky situation,
hot water,
the soup,
• a dose of a narcotic drug to which one is addicted.
• "he hadn't had his fix"
• a measure taken to resolve a problem or correct a mistake; a solution or remedy.
• "making everything easier for the car driver would only be a short-term fix"
Similar:
solution,
answer,
resolution,
way out,
remedy,
antidote,
cure,
nostrum,
panacea,
magic bullet,
• a position determined by visual or radio bearings or astronomical observations.
• "the radio operator received the distress call and calculated the fix"
• a dishonest or underhand arrangement.
• "obviously, his appointment was a fix"
Similar:
fraud,
swindle,
pretence,
hoax,
trick,
charade,
sham,
set-up,
scam,
con trick,
sting,
fiddle,
Origin:
late Middle English: partly from Old French fix ‘fixed’, partly from medieval Latin fixare ‘to fix’, both from Latin fixus, past participle of figere ‘fix, fasten’. The noun dates from the early 19th century.
