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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, improve, fix |
| Synonyms: | aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, fiddle with, gain, get better, get well, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, refit, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken |
| Main Entry: | renew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start over; refurbish |
| Synonyms: | begin again, brace, breathe new life into, bring up to date, continue, exhilarate, extend, fix up, freshen, gentrify, go over, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, reaffirm, reawaken, recommence, recondition, recreate, reestablish, refit, refresh, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restate, restock, restore, resume, resuscitate, retread, revitalize, revive, spruce, stimulate, transform |
| Antonyms: | finish, halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | renovate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix up, modernize |
| Synonyms: | clean, cleanse, do up, do*, face-lift, gussy up, make over, overhaul, reactivate, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, refit, reform, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, rekindle, remake, remodel, renew, repair, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, retread, retrieve, revamp, revitalize, revive, revivify, spruce, spruce up, update |
| Notes: | refurbish means to 'clean up again,' refurnish means 'to provide with new furnishings,' redecorate means 'to add new decoration(s),' and renovate means 'renew or restore to as as-new condition' |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, ruin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | re-create |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | renew |
| Synonyms: | begin again, brace, breathe new life into, bring up to date, continue, exhilarate, extend, fix up, freshen, furbish, gentrify, give a new look to, go over, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, reaffirm, reawaken, recommence, recondition, recreate, reestablish, refit, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restate, restock, restore, resume, resuscitate, retread, revamp, revitalize, revive, spruce, stimulate, transform |
| Main Entry: | recondition |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | renew |
| Synonyms: | begin again, brace, breathe new life into, bring up to date, continue, exhilarate, extend, fix up, freshen, furbish, gentrify, give a new look to, go over, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, re-create, reaffirm, reawaken, recommence, recreate, reestablish, refit, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restate, restock, restore, resume, resuscitate, retread, revamp, revitalize, revive, spruce, stimulate, transform |
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