The Meaning of repair

• (v. i.) To return.
• (v. i.) To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.
• (n.) The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
• (n.) Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
• (v. t.) To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.
• (v. t.) To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
• (n.) Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.
• (n.) Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.

Synonyms

fix , fixing , fixture , mend , mending , reparation , haunt , hangout , resort , stamping ground , mend , fix , bushel , doctor , furbish up , restore , touch on , compensate , recompense , indemnify , resort , rectify , remediate , remedy , amend , animate , recreate , reanimate , revive , renovate , quicken , vivify , revivify

Antonyms

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Rhymes

abair , adair , adaire , addair , aer , affair , air , alair , alastair , allaire , almaguer , altair , anywhere , armchair , astaire , aware , ayre , baehr , baer , bahr , bair , bakeware , bancaire , bare , bear , beaufrere , behr , belair , belaire , bellemare , beware , bezaire , billionaire , blair , blare , canadair , care , chair , cher , childcare , clair , claire , clare , comair , compare , concessionaire , convair , cookware , corriere , dare , darr , daycare , debonair , declare , delair , delaware , derr , despair , dinnerware , disrepair , doctrinaire , dreher , earthenware , elsewhere , ensnare , ere , err , euromobiliare , everywhere , extraordinaire , eyre , fair , faire , fanfare , fare , fehr , ferre , flair , flare , flatware , footware , footwear , forebear , forswear , foursquare , fraire , frere , freyre , frontiere , gare , gehr , geniere , gisclair , glare , glassware , glenayre , groupware , guerre , hair , haire , hairr , hardware , hare , healthcare , hehr , heir , herr , herre , icelandair , impair , javier , jeanpierre , kahre , kehr , khmer , kitchenware , klare , knerr , knitwear , kreher , lair , lare , larosiere , laterriere , laware , leclaire , lefrere , legionnaire , lehr , lemaire , longhair , macnair , mair , mare , mayfair , mcnair , medicare , mehr , mer , midair , millionaire , mohair , montclair , multimillionaire , nair , nationair , neckwear , nightmare , nowhere , ohare , opere , outerwear , pair , pare , pear , pentair , pershare , phair , pierre , plair , praxair , prayer , prepare , questionnaire , rare , reher , sare , sayre , scare , schehr , scherr , sehr , serr , share , silverware , sinclair , sleepwear , snare , software , solitaire , somewhere , spare , sportswear , square , stair , stare , stehr , sterr , stoneware , swear , swimwear , swissair , tableware , takecare , tear , terre , their , there , thoroughfare , threadbare , traer , unaware , underwear , unfair , usair , voltaire , ware , warfare , wear , wehr , welfare , werre , westair , wheelchair , where , whitehair , zehr