'adjustment' definitions:
Definition of 'adjustment'
From: WordNet
noun
Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances [syn: adjustment, accommodation, fitting]
noun
The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) [syn: alteration, modification, adjustment]
noun
The act of adjusting something to match a standard [syn: adjustment, registration, readjustment]
noun
The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) [syn: adaptation, adaption, adjustment]
noun
An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit" [syn: allowance, adjustment]
Synonyms of 'adjustment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement of differences,
- about-face,
- acclimation,
- acclimatization,
- accommodation,
- accord,
- accordance,
- accustoming,
- acquiescence,
- adaptation,
- adaption,
- adjusting,
- adjustive reaction,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alteration,
- altering,
- amelioration,
- apostasy,
- arrangement,
- assimilation,
- attunement,
- bad condition,
- balance,
- bargain,
- bearings,
- betterment,
- break,
- breaking,
- breaking-in,
- calibrating,
- calibration,
- case hardening,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- charting,
- closing,
- coaptation,
- codification,
- compliance,
- composition,
- composition of differences,
- compromise,
- concession,
- conclusion,
- conditioning,
- conformance,
- conformation other-direction,
- conformity,
- congruity,
- consistency,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conventionality,
- conversion,
- coordination,
- cop-out,
- correcting,
- correction,
- correspondence,
- deal,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- desertion of principle,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- discontinuity,
- disorientation,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- domestication,
- enablement,
- equalization,
- equalizing,
- equating,
- equation,
- equilibration,
- equipment,
- evasion of responsibility,
- evening,
- evening up,
- familiarization,
- fettle,
- fit,
- fitting,
- flexibility,
- flip-flop,
- form,
- fulfillment,
- furnishing,
- give-and-take,
- giving way,
- good condition,
- gradual change,
- habituation,
- hardening,
- harmonization,
- harmony,
- housebreaking,
- improvement,
- integrated personality,
- integration,
- inurement,
- keeping,
- line,
- malleability,
- melioration,
- methodization,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- mutual concession,
- naturalization,
- normalization,
- obedience,
- observance,
- order,
- ordination,
- organization,
- orientation,
- orthodoxy,
- overthrow,
- planning,
- pliancy,
- psychosynthesis,
- qualification,
- radical change,
- rationalization,
- re-creation,
- readjustment,
- realignment,
- reconcilement,
- reconciliation,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- regularization,
- regulating,
- regulation,
- rehabilitation,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- repair,
- reshaping,
- resolution,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- routinization,
- sealing,
- seasoning,
- setting,
- settlement,
- shape,
- shift,
- signature,
- signing,
- solemnization,
- squaring,
- strictness,
- sudden change,
- surrender,
- switch,
- synchronization,
- syntonic personality,
- systematization,
- taming,
- terms,
- timing,
- total change,
- traditionalism,
- training,
- transition,
- trim,
- tuning,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- understanding,
- uniformity,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- violent change,
- worsening,
- yielding