Synonyms of the word

harmonise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of harmonize.

accord

• n. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
• n. A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
• n. Agreement or harmony of things in general.
• n. (law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated,…
• n. (international law) An international agreement.
• n. (obsolete) Assent.
• n. Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
• v. (transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
• v. (transitive) To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
• v. (intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony.
• v. (intransitive) To agree in pitch and tone.
• v. (transitive, dated, law) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To give consent.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To arrive at an agreement.

adjust

• v. (transitive) To modify.
• v. (transitive) To improve or rectify.
• v. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
• v. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

agree

• v. (intransitive) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become…
• v. (intransitive) To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.
• v. (transitive, Britain, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve.
• v. (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange…
• v. (intransitive) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
• v. (intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
• v. (intransitive, grammar) To correspond to in gender, number, case, or person.
• v. (intransitive, law) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

chord

• n. (music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
• n. (geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve.
• n. (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.
• n. (aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction…
• n. (computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed…
• n. The string of a musical instrument.
• n. (anatomy) A cord.
• n. (graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
• v. (transitive) To write chords for.
• v. (music) To accord; to harmonize together.
• v. (transitive) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.

compose

• v. (transitive) To make something by merging parts.
• v. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
• v. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create…
• v. (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
• v. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
• v. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
• v. To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
• v. (printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.

concord

• n. A state of agreement; harmony; union.
• n. (obsolete) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league.
• n. (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person or case.
• n. (law, obsolete) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which…
• n. (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant…
• n. A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord…
• v. (intransitive) To agree; to act together.

consort

• n. The spouse of a monarch.
• n. A husband, wife, companion or partner.
• n. A ship accompanying another.
• n. (uncountable) Association or partnership.
• n. A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
• n. (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
• v. (intransitive) To associate or keep company with.
• v. (intransitive) To be in agreement.

correct

• adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
• adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
• v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
• v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
• v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.

correspond

• v. (intransitive, constructed with to) to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin,…
• v. (intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period…

fit

• adj. Suitable, proper.
• adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
• adj. In good shape; physically well.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
• adj. Prepared; ready.
• v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
• v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
• v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
• v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
• v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
• v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
• v. (transitive) To make ready.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
• v. To be proper or becoming.
• v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
• n. The degree to which something fits.
• n. Conformity of elements one to another.
• n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
• n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
• n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
• n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
• n. A seizure or convulsion.
• n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
• n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
• n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
• v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

gibe

• n. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
• v. (intransitive) To agree.
• v. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.

harmonize

• v. (intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement.
• v. (intransitive, music) To play or sing in harmony.
• v. (transitive) To bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible.
• v. (transitive) To provide the harmony for a melody.

jibe

• n. (nautical) A maneuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind, typically resulting…
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To perform a jibe.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To cause to execute a jibe.
• v. (intransitive) To agree.
• n. A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
• v. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks, jeer.
• v. (transitive) To mock, taunt.
• v. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.

match

• n. (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
• n. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
• n. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
• n. A marriage.
• n. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
• n. Suitability.
• n. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
• n. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
• n. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
• n. An agreement or compact.
• n. (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly…
• v. (intransitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
• v. (transitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
• v. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
• v. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
• v. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
• v. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove…
• n. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being…

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

reconcile

• v. To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back to harmony.
• v. To make things compatible or consistent.
• v. To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

relate

• v. (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
• v. (transitive) To give an association.
• v. (transitive) To make a connection or correlation from one thing to another.
• v. (intransitive) To have a connection.
• v. (intransitive) To interact.
• v. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
• v. (intransitive, with to) To identify with, understand.
• v. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

sing

• v. (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
• v. (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
• v. (transitive) To soothe with singing.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
• v. To make a small, shrill sound.
• v. To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
• v. (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
• n. A gathering for the purpose of singing songs.

tally

• adj. (Britain) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
• interj. (radio, aviation) Target sighted.
• n. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;.
• n. Later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
• n. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially…
• n. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
• n. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
• n. A tally shop.
• n. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
• v. (transitive) To count something.
• v. (transitive) To record something by making marks.
• v. (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
• v. (intransitive) To keep score.
• v. (intransitive) To correspond or agree.
• v. (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
• adv. (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

write

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
• v. (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To send written information to.
• v. (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
• v. (intransitive) To be an author.
• v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
• v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
• v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
• v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
• n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.