EDITS Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

edits

verb

present tense third-person singular of edit

as in reads

to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating the publisher edited a new version of its best-selling school dictionary

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as in adjusts

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation the restaurant chef has edited several of his gourmet dishes for preparation by the home cook

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Recent Examples of edits In her new role, Jenner will continue overseeing Fwrd’s digital creative direction, including designer selections, monthly trend edits and major marketing campaigns. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 Lauren Swift writes, edits, and produces multimedia content for Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader. — Lauren Swift, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Ivy films, edits, and publishes all of the organization’s social media content. — Meg Dunn, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 In Contempt establishes Olivia’s challenging working relationship with veteran news director Greg Dalman, who edits a London daily newspaper prone to pushing the boundaries of what can be published. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026 If an author uses AI to generate material and then substantially selects, arranges, rewrites, edits or transforms that material, those human contributions may qualify for protection. — Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Then cinematographers Evan Draper and Jazleana Jones along with Ullom, who also edits, take a steadier hand with evocative montages that emphasize the passage of time. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Quick edits in small blocks across the screen included one of Murphy’s right foot and shoe. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 But if watermarked text is pasted into another chatbot system that edits the text, the watermark could be destroyed. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for edits

Verb

The case against despair Not everyone reads the data that way.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
The designer handbag is a patchwork style with silver hardware that reads the French house’s name.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of reads

Verb

The menus include a Light Brightness setting, which adjusts image brightness (and laser power) in 10 steps.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
The Find + Follow Air Purifier senses areas of high air pollutants in the home – such as where residents are cooking, smoking or burning candles – and adjusts its position to clean this air.

— Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of adjusts

Verb

Previously announced under the title Shaolin Women’s Soccer, the Hong Kong-China co-production reworks the original film’s martial-arts-meets-scrappy-sports-team premise around an all-female squad of underdogs.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
First previewed during Paris Men’s Fashion Week in June, the new collection reworks the ProGrid Triumph 4, ProGrid V2, 586i, Endorphin Azura and Endorphin Elite 3.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of reworks

Verb

The four-stage system blocks out background noise in real time and adapts to your surroundings, giving you optimal output every single time.

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
Each episode adapts a different tale from author Sawamura Ichi’s collection of short horror stories.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of adapts

Verb

The work also revises some degradation mechanisms described in earlier scientific literature, which the researchers said had relied largely on assumptions rather than experimental evidence.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
They were not built for a group that invents its own vocabulary, drafts its own security protocols, and revises its own history when the record becomes inconvenient.

— Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of revises

Verb

Basquiat shifts things around, paints over them, changes their colors and sometimes prints the same image twice, slightly out of register.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
This printer prints nine pages per minute for both black and color, and 10 seconds for images.

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of prints

Verb

What’s happened conforms to a classic pattern of far-left and far-right politics in France, and in Europe generally.

— Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
Related Stories InCheck reports summarize how a factory’s chemical inventory conforms to ZDHC’s Manufacturing Restricted Substances List, or MRSL.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026