repair

1. 1.

   the act of putting something in working order again

   Synonymsfixfixingfixturemendmendingreparation

   Broaderimprovement

   Narrowerdarningpatchingcareband aidrestorationreconstructionrestitution
2. 2.

   a formal way of referring to the condition of something

   “the building was in good repair”

   Broadercondition
3. 3.

   a frequently visited place

   Synonymshaunthangoutresortstamping ground

   Broaderarea

   Narrowergathering place

Other forms of repair

plural

repairs·

past tense

repaired·

present participle

repairing·

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 repair

What does repair mean?

repair means "restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in repair?

repair has 2 syllables: re-pair. The stress falls on "pair". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈpɛɹ/.

What is another word for repair?

Close synonyms include mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up. 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.

What is the opposite of repair?

The recorded antonyms are break.

Is repair a common word?

repair is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 repair?

7 words rhyme with repair. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.