Synonyms of red-pencils

red-pencils

verb

present tense third-person singular of red-pencil

1

as in amends

to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from

the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amends
• corrects
• reforms
• remedies
• rewrites
• changes
• rectifies
• emends
• improves
• repairs
• debugs
• blue-pencils
• rights
• modifies
• revises
• reworks
• adjusts
• shortens
• redraws
• redresses
• redrafts
• polishes
• restyles
• fixes
• betters
• ameliorates
• perfects
• regulates
• cuts
• alters
• modulates
• touches up
• mends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hurts
• damages
• impairs
• injures
• harms
• spoils
• mars
• aggravates
• worsens

2

as in censors

to remove objectionable parts from

a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• censors
• shortens
• edits
• bowdlerizes
• expurgates
• cleans (up)
• reviews
• launders
• deletes
• cuts (out)
• blue-pencils
• purges
• guts
• abbreviates
• cleanses
• examines
• purifies
• suppresses
• expunges
• blacks out
• excises
• represses
• screens
• silences
• condemns
• scrutinizes
• blips
• x's (out)
• denounces
• bleeps
• censures

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• authorizes
• approves
• sanctions