Antonyms for de bug
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dee-buhg |
| Phonetic Transcription : diˈbʌg |
- aggravate
- aid
- assist
- be permissive
- block
- blow
- blunder
- break
- change
- coddle
- confuse
- corrupt
- damage
- decline
- decrease
- depress
- destroy
- disarrange
- disorganize
- disturb
- eat out
- forget
- get sick
- goof
- harm
- help
- hinder
- hurt
- ignore
- increase
- indulge
- injure
- intensify
- kill
- look away
- maintain
- mistake
- move
- neglect
- obstruct
- pamper
- pet
- play fair
- punish
- remain
- ruin
- spoil
- stay
- stop
- tangle
- unfix
- unsettle
- upset
- weaken
- worsen
- wreck
- wrong
Definition of de bug
Origin :- 1945, of machine systems, from de- + bug (n.) "glitch, defect in a machine." Meaning "to remove a concealed microphone" is from 1964. Related: Debugged; debugging.
- As in overhaul : verb redo, restore
- As in rectify : verb correct a situation; make something right
- As in remedy : verb fix, cure
- As in repair : verb fix, restore
- As in revise : verb correct, edit
- As in right : verb fix, correct
- As in smarten : verb fix
- As in correct : verb fix, adjust
- As in debug : verb troubleshoot
- As in fix : verb mend, repair
- De bug he be Sesh; skare you, dat's all; bite de chilien little spec, dat's all.'
- Extract from : « Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson » by John McElroy
- De bug—I'm berry sartain that Massa Will bin bit somewhere bout de head by dat goole-bug.
- Extract from : « The Short-story » by William Patterson Atkinson
- De bug,—I'm berry sartain dat Massa Will bin bit somewhere bout de head by dat goole-bug.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
Synonyms for de bug
- adjust
- aid
- alleviate
- alter
- ameliorate
- amend
- assuage
- attend
- balance
- better
- blue-pencil
- change
- check
- clean up
- clean up act
- clean up one's act
- compare
- compensate for
- control
- correct
- cure
- cut
- darn
- debug
- develop
- dial back
- do justice
- do over
- do up
- doctor
- ease
- edit
- emend
- examine
- face-lift
- fiddle with
- fix
- fix up
- get with it
- give a face-lift
- give facelift
- go over
- go straight
- heal
- help
- improve
- inspect
- iron out
- launder
- look over
- make good
- make over
- make right
- make up for
- mend
- mitigate
- modernize
- modify
- overhaul
- palliate
- patch
- patch up
- pay dues
- pay one's dues
- perfect
- pick up
- polish
- put back together
- put in order
- put in place
- put right
- put to rights
- rebuild
- recalibrate
- recast
- reclaim
- recompense
- recondition
- reconsider
- reconstruct
- recover
- rectify
- redo
- redraft
- redraw
- redress
- reexamine
- reform
- refresh
- refurbish
- regulate
- rehash
- rejuvenate
- relieve
- remedy
- remodel
- remove errors
- renew
- renovate
- reorganize
- repair
- restore
- restyle
- retouch
- retread
- retrieve
- revamp
- review
- revise
- revive
- reward
- rework
- rewrite
- right
- run through
- scan
- scrub
- scrutinize
- see to
- service
- set right
- set straight
- set to rights
- set upright
- settle
- sew
- shape up
- solve
- soothe
- sort
- sort out
- spruce
- square
- square up
- straighten
- straighten out
- straighten up
- study
- survey
- tighten
- touch up
- treat
- tune up
- turn around
- turn things around
- unravel
- unscramble
- untangle
- update
- upgrade
- vindicate
- work the bugs out of
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