OVERWRITE Synonyms

• make amendments to

• to make better

• set straight or right

• free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

• correct in opinion or judgment

• socially right or correct

• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

• make right or correct

• make reparations or amends for

• censure severely

• adjust for

• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

• fall in value

• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

• treat a defect

• prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting

• supervise the publication of

• cut and assemble the components of

• cut or eliminate

• make improvements or corrections to

• remove from memory or existence

• remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

• wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

• the act of putting something in working order again

• an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

• a determination of the place where something is

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• cause to be firmly attached

• decide upon or fix definitely

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• take vengeance on or get even

• set or place definitely

• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• make infertile

• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• to be about to do something

• make less severe or harsh or extreme

• add a modifier to a constituent

• cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

• periodic maintenance on a car or machine

• the act of improving by renewing and restoring

• travel past

• make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

• determine the length of

• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

• set straight or right

• make right or correct

• convert into direct current

• a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying

• make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

• formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis

• express the same message in different words

• substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)

• take the place or move into the position of

• put something back where it belongs

• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

• a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

• the act of rewriting something

• something that has been written again

• return to its original or usable and functioning condition

• get or give new life or energy; return to life, regain energy, recuperate

• give or bring back

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• bring back into original existence, use, function, or position

• the act of rewriting something

• make revisions in

• revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving

• express the same message in different words

• use again in altered form

• something that has been written again

• write differently; alter the writing of

• rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose