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Definition of adjust : 1. To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.
2. To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.
3. To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
4. To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.

Synonyms:

objurgate, chastise, temper, reverse, make into, limit, congeal, gear up, patch up, even out, straighten, aline, accustom yourself to something, sic, settle in, squeeze, define, service, fructify, align, tip up, discipline, doctor, turn into, come up, edit, put, coordinate, overhaul, go under, ordinate, pose, pop, tighten, specify, queue, renovate, accord, arbitrate, standardize, synchronize, dress, grind, go down, screw up, determine, localise, attune, queue up, sharpen, localize, tune up, habituate, angle, focus, plant, resolve, even up, decline, typeset, do, coiffure, get hold, turn, even off, coiffe, coif, accustom, fit, rig, help, acclimatize, find, overturn, tailor, chasten, shut, open, tweak, roll, fashion, slot in, get to know, jell, tilt, sort out, turn something inside out, acclimate, mark, condition, suit, set up, make up, spin, lay, connect, grow into, lay out, slump, castigate, see, conform, line up, revamp, settle into, position, countersink, blink, readjust, ready, mend, get into the swing (of something)

counteract, nullify, balance, tune, neutralize, correct, cancel, square, counterbalance, offset

bargain, concede, accommodate, settle, compromise, appease, allow, reconcile, compensate, mediate

fluctuate, deviate, transit, transfigure, set, alter, modulate, adapt, diversify, modify, vacillate, reform, mutate, change, vary, transform, transpose, convert

remedy, patch, repair, revise, improve, rectify, fix, amend

redress, refund, recompense, atone, reimburse, return, remunerate

integrate, classify, marshal, subordinate, orchestrate, chart, regulate, schedule, compose, array, shape, unify, type, organize, rationalize, arrange, program, devise, harmonize, plan, plot, place, unsnarl, class, rate, form, pigeonhole, right, grade, normalize, order, scheme, prepare, methodize, group, structure, control, rank, schematize, support, frame, categorize, separate, systematize, cast, screen, sort, stratify, collate, establish, sift, score, maintain, stabilize, design

Usage examples:

• It would cost very little to adjust the novel in this way to any season. - "The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner", Charles Dudley Warner.
• Tod instantly began to adjust himself. - "Bull Hunter", Max Brand.
• Wait till you've tried to adjust something, as you say, with John, and have had him tell you what you think until you believe you do. - "Mary Wollaston", Henry Kitchell Webster.