straighten out
English Thesaurus
1. change for the better (verb.change)
verb group | : | reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate, |
definition | : | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one (verb.change) |
2. settle or put right (verb.change)
3. put (things or places) in order (verb.change)
hypernym | : | order, |
definition | : | bring order to or into (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | make, make up, |
definition | : | put in order or neaten (verb.change) |
4. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear (verb.cognition)
5. make straight (verb.contact)
hypernym | : | alter, change, modify, |
definition | : | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | untwist, |
definition | : | cause to become untwisted (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | unbend, |
definition | : | free from flexure (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | extend, |
definition | : | open or straighten out; unbend (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | untwine, |
definition | : | undo what has been twined together (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | unweave, |
definition | : | undo strands that have been woven together (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | comb, |
definition | : | straighten with a comb (verb.contact) |
6. extricate from entanglement (verb.contact)
hypernym | : | order, |
definition | : | bring order to or into (verb.change) |
7. change for the better (verb.change)
derivation | : | reclamation, reformation, |
definition | : | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course (noun.act) |
derivation | : | reform, |
definition | : | self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice (noun.act) |
8. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear (verb.cognition)
derivation | : | elucidation, |
definition | : | an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | lucidity, |
definition | : | a lucid state of mind; not confused (noun.state) |
9. make straight (verb.contact)
derivation | : | straightener, |
definition | : | a device for straightening (noun.artifact) |
10. extricate from entanglement (verb.contact)
antonym | : | entangle, mat, snarl, tangle, |
definition | : | twist together or entwine into a confusing mass (verb.contact) |
11. change for the better (verb.change)
derivation | : | reclamation, reformation, |
definition | : | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course (noun.act) |
derivation | : | reform, |
definition | : | self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice (noun.act) |
12. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear (verb.cognition)
derivation | : | elucidation, |
definition | : | an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | lucidity, |
definition | : | a lucid state of mind; not confused (noun.state) |
13. make straight (verb.contact)
derivation | : | straightener, |
definition | : | a device for straightening (noun.artifact) |
14. extricate from entanglement (verb.contact)
antonym | : | entangle, mat, snarl, tangle, |
definition | : | twist together or entwine into a confusing mass (verb.contact) |
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