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Synonyms for regeneration

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.

    The conversion of so many old industrial buildings into living quarters was a major factor in the regeneration.

Related words

Word family
regenerate
Phrases
urban regeneration

Forms

Plural
regenerations → renewals, rebirths, resurrections, conversions…

Example sentences

  • conversion The programmers worked on the conversion to HTML5.
  • renewal The formation of youth is the renewal of the world.
  • resurrection This drug will allow the resurrection of the dead.
  • rebirth The egg is a universal symbol of life and rebirth.
  • regen The Altmühl, Naab and Regen tributaries meet the Danube from the left.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
regenerationsteady
conversionfalling
renewalfalling
resurrectionrising
rebirthrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
regen2
7 letters
renewal3, rebirth2
10 letters
conversion3
12 letters
resurrection4, refashioning, palingenesia

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (regen2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
régénération
Italiano
rigenerazione