modernize[verb]Synonyms: update, make over, rejuvenate, remake, remodel, renew, renovate, revamp
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
mod‧ern‧ize (
also modernise British English) /ˈmɒdənaɪz $ ˈmɑːdər-/
verb [
Word Family: noun:
modernity,
modernization,
modernism, modernist,
modernity,
modernizer,
modernization;
adjective:
modern,
modernist,
modernistic;
verb:
modernize]
1. [transitive] to make something such as a system or building more modern:
They need more funds to modernize the country’s telephone system. a tastefully modernized old farmhouse2. [intransitive] to start using more modern methods and equipment:
The business will lose money if it doesn’t modernize.—modernizer noun [countable]:
the conflict between the modernizers and the conservatives—modernization /ˌmɒdənaɪˈzeɪʃ
ən $ ˌmɑːdərnə-/
noun [uncountable]:
the modernization of the railway system [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲