Synonyms of the word shoehorn


SHOEHORNACCOMMODATE - ADAPT - DEVICE - TAILOR

shoehorn

  • n. A tool used to assist putting the foot into a shoe by sliding the heel in.
  • n. (derogatory) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
  • n. (obsolete) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.
  • v. (literally) To use a shoehorn.
  • v. (transitive) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc);…

accommodate

  • v. (transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
  • v. (transitive) To provide housing for.
  • v. (transitive) to provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
  • v. (transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige;.
  • v. (transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings…
  • v. (transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
  • v. (transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
  • v. (intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
  • adj. (obsolete) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.

adapt

  • v. (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit; to proportion.
  • v. (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
  • v. (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
  • v. (intransitive) To change oneself so as to be adapted.
  • adj. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

device

  • n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
  • n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
  • n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
  • n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
  • n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
  • n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
  • n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
  • n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
  • n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
  • n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
  • n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

tailor

  • n. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
  • n. (Australia) The fish Pomatomus saltatrix.
  • v. (transitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.
  • v. (transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
  • v. (transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

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