PATCHED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in repaired

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verb

past tense of patch

as in fixed

to put into good shape or working order again patch the tire and it'll be as good as new

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Recent Examples of patched

Adjective

From mighty Rice’s whales to the humble rusty patched bumblebee, the 1973 act protects more than 1,600 listed endangered and threatened species and their habitats. — Medara Udoekong, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026 Several patched sections of sidewalk remain near the stumps. — Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 26 May 2026

Verb

The vulnerability was patched, but the threat may not be over, noted Adam Meyers, vice president of counter adversary at security company CrowdStrike. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026 Thankfully, the Internet Archive’s ops team quickly got things patched, secured, and back online. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026 Some experts suggest unplugging any non-essential systems until they’re patched. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 These issues could be patched, but the underlying threat was existential. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Gavin Newsom and Mark Ruffalo haven’t patched things up since David Ellison’s contentious mega-bucks Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery merger was approved and completed earlier this month. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 That’s bad enough, but the agent also launched with a zero-day vulnerability that, luckily, has been patched. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026 An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed Hacktron’s report and said the vulnerabilities have since been patched. — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026 After all, no one will trust a V2X network to do anything if that network’s cyber vulnerabilities haven’t been anticipated and patched in advance. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for patched

Adjective

The town will unveil the renovations next month and the improvements include a new paint job on the interior of the historic building, a repaired 19th-century chalkboard pulley system and repair of the several small holes in the roof.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of repaired

Verb

Last week, researchers discovered thousands of shareable Muse links that exposed private chat logs and documents, leading Meta to suspend the feature until it could be fixed.

— Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Most plans treat it as fixed, assuming more sales capacity, more budget and more headcount will solve the problem.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of fixed

Adjective

Punk’s jump to WWE came with a lot of mended fences, and there have been little-to-no significant stories about Punk’s backstage issues in a WWE locker room since his 2023 return.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
But over the years, the two mended fences.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026

Definition of mended

Verb

Vucic’s ousting shows the downside of that approach, as the whole relationship will have to be rebuilt from the ground up.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Nothing was stable, every framework was being rebuilt in real time and the only thing that separated functional teams from struggling ones was behavioral reliability under extreme ambiguity.

— Amy Alexy, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of rebuilt

Adjective

The site will boast immersive technology, original artefacts and reconstructed sets to bring the Beatles’ story to life.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
Patrick Mahomes finished the job by scrambling up the middle, simultaneously giving the Chiefs an early lead and quieting some doubts about his reconstructed ACL and LCL.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026