straighten (up or out)
verb
1
as in to shape up
to change one's behavior or character for the better I hope that rehab will help her straighten up for good Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- shape up
- improve
- clean up one's act
- better
- behave
- reform
- amend
- regenerate
- mend
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- regress
- backslide
2
as in to trim
to make neat a directive for everyone to straighten up their cubicle in preparation for a visit from some corporate VIPs Synonyms & Similar Words
- trim
- redd (up or out)
- organize
- arrange
- spruce (up)
- tidy (up)
- neaten
- pick up
- draw up
- dispose
- classify
- order
- range
- systematize
- codify
- array
- marshal
- marshall
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- mix (up)
- disrupt
- upset
- disturb
- mess (up)
- tumble
- muddle
- shuffle
- disarray
- disorganize
- disarrange
- scramble
- jumble
- disorder
- muss
- discompose
- tousle
- rumple
- dishevel
- deoxyribonuclease
- deoxyribonucleases
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- deoxyribonucleotide
- deoxyribonucleotides
- deoxyribose
- deoxyriboses
- deozonize
- deozonizer
- dep
- depaint
- depainted
- depainting
- depaints
- depalatalization
- deparaffin
- deparaffinize
- depariae
- deparias
- depart
- depart this life
- departed
- departee
- departees
- gibbeted