Synonyms for modernize
Definitions
- v. 1
To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
Related words
- Word family
- modernized
- Other spellings
- modernise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- modernized
e.g. modernized → renovated, upgraded, rejuvenated, renewed…
Example sentences
- upgrade In the future, Firefox will upgrade plugins for you.
- renew Are you going to renew your lease when it expires?
- renovate They asked Tom to help them renovate the house.
- rejuvenate Tebboune ambitions to rejuvenate the Algerian state.
- develop What does it mean to develop a sound architecture?
- overhaul The dictator called his plan a "judicial overhaul."
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| modernize | falling | |
| upgrade | rising | |
| renew | steady | |
| renovate | rising | |
| rejuvenate | rising | |
| develop | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- bring1, renew2
- 7 letters
- develop3, upgrade2
- 8 letters
- overhaul3, renovate3
- 10 letters
- rejuvenate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (renew2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- moderniser
- Italiano
- modernizzare
- Deutsch
- modernisieren