Synonyms for fine tune
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fahyn-toon, -tyoon |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪnˈtun, -ˈtyun |
Top 10 synonyms for fine tune Other synonyms for the word fine tune
- acclimatize
- accord
- adjust
- admix
- align
- amplify
- annotate
- arrange
- assemble
- assign
- assuage
- attune
- balance
- blue-pencil
- boil down
- bring into line
- butcher
- calibrate
- censor
- change
- check
- chill out
- choose
- clarify
- compile
- compose
- conclude
- condense
- conform
- connect
- convert
- cook
- cool
- cool out
- coordinate
- correct
- correct mid-course
- curb
- cut
- delete
- develop
- dial back
- dilute
- discard
- dispose
- diversify
- do as Romans do
- doctor
- draft
- ease
- emend
- excise
- feature
- fiddle with
- fine tune
- fine-tune
- finish
- fit
- fix
- fix up
- fly speck
- focus
- get act together
- get it together
- go over
- grade
- grin and bear it
- grind
- habituate
- harmonize
- improve
- improve accommodate
- inflect
- lessen
- make conform
- make different
- make improvements
- make reasonable
- make up
- massage
- mend
- metamorphose
- methodize
- mitigate
- modify
- modulate
- mollify
- monkey around with
- mutate
- order
- organize
- overhaul
- pacify
- palliate
- phony up
- polish
- prepare
- prescribe
- proofread
- publish
- put in working order
- put together
- quadrate
- readjust
- rearrange
- recalibrate
- recast
- reconcile
- reconstruct
- rectify
- redact
- redress
- refashion
- reform
- regulate
- rehash
- relieve
- remodel
- renovate
- repair
- rephrase
- report
- reshape
- restrain
- revamp
- revise
- scrub
- select
- service
- set
- set up
- settle
- sharpen
- shift
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- sort
- square
- standardize
- straighten
- strike out
- style
- suit
- swim with the tide
- switch
- systematize
- tailor
- tailor-make
- take the bite out of
- take the edge off
- take the sting out of
- tally
- temper
- tighten
- tone
- tone down
- transform
- transmogrify
- transmute
- trim
- troubleshoot
- tune
- tune up
- turn
- tweak
- vary
- weaken
- write over
Définition of fine tune
Origin :- also fine-tune, 1969, a back-formation from fine-tuning (1924), originally in reference to radio receivers. From fine (adj.) + tune (v.). Related: Fine-tuning.
- As in modulate : verb adjust, harmonize
- As in temper : verb calm, moderate
- As in adjust : verb become or make prepared, adapted
- As in adjust : verb mechanically alter, especially to
- As in adjust : verb bring into agreement or to a standard
- As in edit : verb rewrite, refine
- As in alter : verb change
- As in fine-tune : verb make small adjustments
- This fine tune—in the first Mode—was always a great favourite.
- Extract from : « The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties » by Richard Runciman Terry
- Rory put a pucker on his mouth and played a little of the fine tune.
- Extract from : « The Lost Pibroch » by Neil Munro
- Of the infinite number of verses to this fine tune hardly one is printable.
- Extract from : « The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties » by Richard Runciman Terry
- Gow has published a variation of this fine tune as his own composition, which he calls “The Princess Augusta.”
- Extract from : « The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. » by Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham
Antonyms for fine tune
- accuse
- aggravate
- agitate
- bend
- blame
- break
- condemn
- confuse
- continue
- damage
- derange
- destroy
- differ
- disagree
- disarrange
- disorder
- disorganize
- disperse
- disturb
- dull
- enlarge
- excite
- extend
- fix
- flex
- hurt
- incite
- increase
- indulge
- infuriate
- intensify
- irritate
- keep
- leave alone
- let stand
- magnify
- maintain
- mismatch
- mix up
- move
- preserve
- provoke
- raise
- refuse
- remain
- retain
- ruin
- scatter
- separate
- spoil
- stagnate
- stay
- strengthen
- sustain
- trouble
- unfit
- unsettle
- unsuit
- upset
- worry
- worsen
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