Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb undo

5 senses of undo

Sense 1
undo -- (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions")
       => change by reversal, turn, reverse -- (change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern")

Sense 2
unmake, undo -- (deprive of certain characteristics)

Sense 3
undo -- (cause the ruin or downfall of; "A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign")
       => ruin -- (destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election")

Sense 4
untie, undo, loosen -- (cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 5
unwrap, undo -- (remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel")
       => uncover, expose -- (remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway")

Antonyms of adj undone

4 senses of undone

Sense 1
undone -- (not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared")

INDIRECT (VIA unfinished) -> finished -- (ended or brought to an end; "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript")

Sense 2
done for (predicate), ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up -- (doomed to extinction)

INDIRECT (VIA unsuccessful) -> successful -- (having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture")

Sense 3
undone -- (not fastened or tied or secured; "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone")

INDIRECT (VIA unfastened) -> fastened -- (firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt")

Sense 4
unstuck, undone -- (thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available")

INDIRECT (VIA disorganized) -> organized -- (methodical and efficient in arrangement or function; "how well organized she is"; "his life was almost too organized")

Similarity of adj undone

4 senses of undone

Sense 1
undone -- (not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared")
       => unfinished (vs. finished) -- (not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished")

Sense 2
done for (predicate), ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up -- (doomed to extinction)
       => unsuccessful (vs. successful) -- (not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome)

Sense 3
undone -- (not fastened or tied or secured; "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone")
       => unfastened (vs. fastened) -- (not closed or secured; "the car door was unfastened"; "unfastened seatbelts")

Sense 4
unstuck, undone -- (thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available")
       => disorganized (vs. organized), disorganised -- (lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate")

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