adjustment

1. 1.

   making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

   Synonymsaccommodationfitting

   Broaderimprovement

   Narrowerreadjustmentdomesticationhabituationshakedown
2. 2.

   the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

   Synonymsalterationmodification

   Broaderchange

   Narrowerlooseningtighteningaccommodationadaptationtune
3. 3.

   the act of adjusting something to match a standard

   Synonymsregistrationreadjustment

   Broadercalibration

   Narroweralignmentcollimationtemperamenttune-upsynchronizationvoicing
4. 4.

   the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

   Synonymsadaptationadaption

   Broaderorganic process

   Narroweracclimatizationdedifferentiationdomesticationspecialization
5. 5.

   an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

   “an allowance for profit”

   Synonymsallowance

   Broaderrecompense

   Narrowercost-of-living allowancedepreciation allowancedeductionseasonal adjustmenttare

Other forms of adjustment

plural

adjustments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about adjustment

What does adjustment mean?

adjustment means "making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adjustment?

adjustment has 3 syllables: ad-just-ment. The stress falls on "just". In IPA it is /əˈdʒʌstmənt/.

What is another word for adjustment?

Close synonyms include accommodation, fitting, alteration, modification, registration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adjustment a common word?

adjustment is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with adjustment?

1 word rhymes with adjustment. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.