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Synonyms for revamp

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

improve renew renovate refurbish overhaul

All synonyms

Verb

1. Improve — to improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something)

improve, renovate, renew, refurbish, repair, fix, patch, restore, alter, better formal, modify, amend, rectify, rehabilitate, vamp, mend, recondition, right, ameliorate, correct, buff, meliorate

Other

overhaul, re-form, newvamp dated, recoct dated

Noun

fix-up, restart, amelioration, revampment

Antonyms

nerf, deteriorate, debuff

All antonyms of revamp →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).

    They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.

  2. n. 1

    An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision.

Forms

Plural
revamps → fix-ups, restarts, ameliorations, revampments…
Past participle
revamped
e.g. revamped → improved, renovated, renewed, refurbished…

Example sentences

  • improve This app will help you improve your English level.
  • renew Are you going to renew your lease when it expires?
  • renovate They asked Tom to help them renovate the house.
  • refurbish David took a loan to refurbish his home.
  • overhaul The dictator called his plan a "judicial overhaul."

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
revamprising
improvesteady
renewsteady
renovaterising
refurbishrising
overhaulfalling

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

By length

3 letters
fix1
4 letters
buff1, mend1, vamp1
5 letters
right1, patch1, alter2, renew2, amend2
6 letters
better2, repair2, modify3, recoct
7 letters
improve2, correct2, restore2, restart2, rectify3, newvamp
8 letters
overhaul3, renovate3
9 letters
refurbish3, meliorate
10 letters
ameliorate4, revampment
11 letters
recondition4
12 letters
rehabilitate5, amelioration5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alter2 = 2 syllables).