All restore synonyms
reΒ·store
R r verb restore
- gussy up β to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually followed by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
- get better β recover
- convalesce β If you are convalescing, you are resting and getting your health back after an illness or operation.
- heal β to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- deck out β If a person or thing is decked out with or in something, they are decorated with it or wearing it, usually for a special occasion.
- cleanse β To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it.
- fortify β to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- hold to β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- catch up β If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
- carry over β If something carries over or is carried over from one situation to another, it continues to exist or apply in the new situation.
- invigorate β to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- bestirred β to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- counter check β a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
- encourage β Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- bring to β If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- countercheck β a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- make for β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- mend β to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- facelift β Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- continue β If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- enhearten β To comfort and embolden, encourage, animate, hearten.
- come to life β If something or someone comes to life, they become active.
- clean up one's act β to start to behave in a responsible manner
- modernize β to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
- gentrified β very or excessively refined or elegant.
- make a comeback β popular again
- make friends β get to know people
- make over β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- counter-checking β a check that opposes or restrains.
- call in β If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
- carry back β to apply (a legally permitted credit, esp an operating loss) to the taxable income of previous years in order to ease the overall tax burden
- outplace β to provide outplacement for.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- gentrify β to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- come around β If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- dosing β a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- inspirit β to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- get well β conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness: a get-well card.
- make amends β reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- cash in β If you say that someone cashes in on a situation, you are criticizing them for using it to gain an advantage, often in an unfair or dishonest way.
- counterattacking β Present participle of counterattack.
- enliven β Make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing.
- counterpoised β a counterbalancing weight.
- catch on β If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- go with β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- fire up β start ignition of
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.