Synonyms for renovate
All synonyms
Verb
1. Refurbish
refurbish, restore, renew, revive, repair, modernize, modernise UK, revamp, rehabilitate, re-create, resuscitate, freshen, re-animate, mend, refresh, regenerate, recruit, freshen up, quicken, revivify, animate, vivify, recondition
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Definitions
- v. 1
To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
This house is shabby: it needs renovating.
Related words
- Word family
- reno renovation renovator
Forms
- Past participle
- renovated
e.g. renovated → refurbished, restored, renewed, revived…
Example sentences
- restore Sami was determined to restore his sister's honor.
- renew Are you going to renew your lease when it expires?
- revive Benedito poured water on the plants to revive them.
- refurbish David took a loan to refurbish his home.
- reconstitute Tom had to reconstitute the dried mushrooms before adding them to the soup.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| renovate | rising | |
| restore | steady | |
| renew | steady | |
| revive | steady | |
| refurbish | rising | |
| reconstitute | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mend1
- 5 letters
- renew2
- 6 letters
- repeat2, repair2, revive2, revamp2, vivify
- 7 letters
- restore2, recruit2, refresh2, animate3, freshen2, quicken2
- 8 letters
- revivify
- 9 letters
- reproduce3, modernize3, refurbish3, modernise, restitute3
- 10 letters
- regenerate4
- 11 letters
- resuscitate4, recondition4
- 12 letters
- rehabilitate5, reconstitute4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (renew2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rénover
- Español
- renovar
- Deutsch
- renovieren