EN

Synonyms for restore

  • verb

Most common

renew renovate mend rehabilitate reinstate give back repair

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Renew — to bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin

renew, renovate, mend, rehabilitate, fix, regenerate, refurbish, re-form, revive, reclaim, retrieve, replace, rejuvenate, remedy, heal, recondition, rectify, resuscitate, revamp, refresh, make whole, cure

2. Reinstate — to give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace

reinstate, give back, return, bring back, repatriate, revest, render dated

3. Repair

repair, touch on, doctor, bushel, furbish up

Other

re-establish, re-build, re-construct, re-institute, unkill rare

Antonyms

delete, convert, abduct

All antonyms of restore →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.

  2. v. 2

    To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.

  3. v. 3

    To reestablish, or bring back into existence.

    to restore harmony among those who are at variance

Related words

Word family
restorable

Forms

Past participle
restored
e.g. restored → renewed, renovated, mended, rehabilitated…

Example sentences

  • renew Are you going to renew your lease when it expires?
  • mend The chance that Tom will mend his ways is minimal.
  • renovate They asked Tom to help them renovate the house.
  • reinstate Should we reinstate the death penalty?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
restoresteady
renewsteady
mendrising
renovaterising
rehabilitatefalling
reinstatefalling

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

By length

3 letters
fix1
4 letters
cure1, heal1, mend1
5 letters
renew2
6 letters
return2, doctor2, repair2, remedy3, render2, revive2, revamp2, bushel2, revest, unkill
7 letters
replace2, refresh2, reclaim2, rectify3
8 letters
retrieve2, renovate3
9 letters
reinstate3, refurbish3
10 letters
regenerate4, rejuvenate4, repatriate4
11 letters
resuscitate4, recondition4
12 letters
rehabilitate5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (renew2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
restaurer
Italiano
ripristinare
Deutsch
restaurieren