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Definitions for Smarten
[1] to make more trim or spruce; improve in appearance (usually followed by up ): Try to smarten up your outfit.
[2] to make brisker, as a pace.
[3] to sharpen the judgment or broaden the experience of; educate (usually followed by up ): Someone has to smarten him up about dealing with people.
[4] smarten up , to groom oneself: to smarten up before dinner. to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them: If you don't smarten up, you're going to be out of a job.
[5] (intr) to make oneself neater
[6] (tr) to make quicker or livelier
Words related to Smarten
adjust, amend, correct, debug, doctor, emend, face-lift, overhaul, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, revamp, revise, sort, spruce, retread
Words nearby Smarten
smart weapons, smart wool, smart-alec, smart-ass, smartarse, smarten, smartish, smartmouth, smartphone, smarts, smartwatch
Origin of Smarten
First recorded in 1805–15; smart + -en1
Synonyms for Smarten
adjust, amend, correct, debug, do up, doctor, emend, face-lift, fiddle with, fix up, overhaul, patch, put to rights, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, retread, revamp, revise, see to, sort, spruce, tune up