You are a busy man, so I will adjust myself to your schedule.
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Adjust
//əˈd͡ʒʌst//
Synonyms for "adjust" (306 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (62)
adaptchangemodifyrearrangeabateacceptacclimateacclimatizeaccommodateaccommodate withaccordaccustomaccustom oneselfacquiesceadapt toaddictadjust toagree withalignalter
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amelioratearbitratearrangearrange mattersarticulateassimilateassimilate toassuageattunebalancebe guided bybendbetterbox inbreakbreak inbreak upbring to termsbring togetherbulkbutton upcalibratecancelcapacitatecase hardenchartchime in withcircumscribecloseclose upclose withcodifycompensatecomplycomply withcomposecompound
Strong matches (91)
compromiseconcludeconditioncondoneconfirmconformconvertcoordinatecop outcorrectcorrespondcountenancecounterbalancecounterpoisecountervailcut todeferdeformdenaturedetermine
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differentiatediminishdisciplinedisposediversifydomesticatedomesticizeduck responsibilityenableenlargeequalizeequateequipestablishevade responsibilityeveneven upfall in withfamiliarizefasten upfitfixfix upfollowfurnishgaugegeargear togentleget used togive and takegive waygo bygo fifty-fiftygradegraduategrin and abidegrouphabituatehardenharmonizeheal the breachhedgehedge abouthomologatehomologizehousebreakimproveintegrateinurekeykey toleavenlet go bylet passlevellimitmake a dealmake an adjustmentmake concessionsmake conformmake peacemake plumbmake rightmake uniformmake up
Verb(5 words)
Related words (153)
matchmeasuremediatemeerschaummeetmeet halfwaymelioratemethodizemitigatemoderatemodulatemoldmouldmouldermouldymutatenarrownaturalizenegotiatenormalize
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obeyobserveorderorganizeorientorient the maporientateoverhauloverlookoverthrowpalliatepatch things uppatch upplanplay politicspoisepropitiateproportionput in orderput in trimput in tuneput rightput to rightsquadratequalifyrangerankrationalizere createre-createreach a compromiserealignrebuildreconcilereconstructrectifyredesignredressreducerefitreformregularizeregulateregulate byremakerenewrepairreshaperesolverestore harmonyrestrainrestrictrestructureretouchreuniterevampreviverigrightring the changesrise aboveroutinizerub off cornersscaleseasonsetset arightset conditionsset limitsset rightset to rightssettlesettle differencessettle withshapeshift the sceneshrugshrug it offshuffle the cardssimilarizesizesmooth it oversoftensortsplit the differencesquarestabilizestandardizesteadystraightenstraighten outstrike a balancestrike a bargainsubmit tosubvertsuitsurrendersyncsynchronizesystematizetailortake the meantake totallytally withtametempertimetraintrimtrim totruetrue uptunetune upturn over a new leafturn the scaleturn the tablesturn the tideturn upside downvaryweave peace betweenwontwork a changework outworsenyieldyield tozip up
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More general
11 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
manner of
4 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
122 translations across 30 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- нагаждам verb (to change to fit circumstances)
- нагласявам verb (to modify)
- оправям verb (to improve or rectify)
- приспособявам verb (to modify)
Catalan
1 entries- ajustar verb (to modify)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 調整 /调整 verb (to modify)
- 適應 /适应 verb (to change to fit circumstances)
Czech
1 entries- upravit verb (to modify)
Dutch
4 entries- aanpassen verb (to modify)
- aanpassen verb (to improve or rectify)
- herzien verb (to improve or rectify)
- verbeteren verb (to improve or rectify)
Esperanto
4 entries- adapti verb (to modify)
- adaptiĝi verb (to change to fit circumstances)
- akomodi verb (to modify)
- akomodiĝi verb (to change to fit circumstances)
Finnish
4 entries- korvata verb (to settle an insurance claim)
- mukauttaa verb (to modify)
- muokata verb (to modify)
- muuttaa verb (to modify)
French
2 entries- ajuster verb (to modify)
- ajuster verb (to improve or rectify)
German
4 entries- abstimmen verb (to modify)
- anpassen verb (to modify)
- anpassen verb (to change to fit circumstances)
- ausrichten verb (to modify)
Greek
3 entries- διευθετώ verb (to settle an insurance claim)
- προσαρμόζω verb (to improve or rectify)
- ρυθμίζω verb (to modify)
Hebrew
4 entries- התאים verb (to modify)
- התאים verb (to improve or rectify)
- התאים verb (to change to fit circumstances)
- כוונן verb (to modify)
Hungarian
4 entries- alkalmazkodik verb (to change to fit circumstances)
- beállít verb (to modify)
- elintéz verb (to settle an insurance claim)
- helyesbít verb (to improve or rectify)
Ido
1 entries- ajustar verb (to modify)
Irish
1 entries- ceartaigh verb (to improve or rectify)
Italian
4 entries- adattare verb (to modify)
- adeguare verb (to modify)
- regolare verb (to modify)
- regolare verb (to improve or rectify)
Japanese
1 entries- 調整する verb (to modify)
Kazakh
1 entries- реттеу verb (to modify)
Latin
2 entries- accommodō verb (to modify)
- adapto verb (to modify)
Manx
3 entries- cochiartee verb (to modify)
- kiartee verb (to modify)
- kiartee verb (to improve or rectify)
Māori
1 entries- whakarerekē verb (to modify)
Norwegian
4 entries- justere verb (to modify)
- justere verb (to improve or rectify)
- korrigere verb (to improve or rectify)
- stille verb (to modify)
Polish
4 entries- dostosować verb (to modify)
- dostosowywać verb (to modify)
- poprawiać verb (to improve or rectify)
- poprawić verb (to improve or rectify)
Portuguese
3 entries- ajustar verb (to modify)
- ajustar verb (to improve or rectify)
- enquadrar verb (to change to fit circumstances)
Romanian
4 entries- ajusta verb (to modify)
- ajusta verb (to improve or rectify)
- potrivi verb (to modify)
- regla verb (to modify)
Russian
4 entries- настра́ивать verb (to modify)
- настро́ить verb (to modify)
- отрегули́ровать verb (to modify)
- подстра́ивать verb (to improve or rectify)
Spanish
4 entries- acostumbrarse verb (to change to fit circumstances)
- adaptarse verb (to change to fit circumstances)
- adecuar verb (to modify)
- aforar verb (to improve or rectify)
Swedish
4 entries- anpassa verb (to modify)
- avpassa verb (to modify)
- inställa verb (to modify)
- justera verb (to modify)
Tibetan
3 entries- བཅས་བཅོས་བྱེད verb (to modify)
- བཅས་བཅོས་བྱེད verb (to improve or rectify)
- སྙོམ་སྒྲིག་བྱེད verb (to change to fit circumstances)
Vietnamese
1 entries- điều chỉnh verb (to modify)
Welsh
1 entries- addasu verb (to modify)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
You have to adjust your glasses to your eyes.
Source: tatoeba (20791)
Our eyes take time to adjust to the darkness.
Source: tatoeba (23337)
Please adjust the television picture.
Source: tatoeba (39213)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.