modernize
Bring up-to-date
Modernize means to update something to current standards or practices.
Buildings are modernized with new infrastructure; industries modernize by adopting new technology; countries modernize their economies or militaries.
The word implies bringing something older into alignment with contemporary expectations: They modernized the kitchen with new appliances.
To modernize can also mean to adopt modern ways: The company finally modernized its hiring practices.
Rearrange fundamental organization
- reorganizeArrange again differently
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revampRestructure extensively
transform · streamline · decentralize · liberalize · deregulate · privatize · democratize · secularize
Raise to higher standard
- digitizeConvert to electronic format
- automateMake self-operating
- computerizeAutomate via technology
- digitalizeConvert to electronic form
streamline · optimize · integrate · network · connectivity · software · hardware · retrofit
Restore to good condition
- refurbishRestore worn items
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- remodelReconstruct or redesign
- redecorateUpdate interior design
retrofit · overhaul · revitalize · rehabilitate · recondition · rejuvenate · redevelop · reconstruct
Of the present age
- currentDirected flow of charge
- trendyCurrently in vogue
- fashionableCurrently in style
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
stylish · chic · sleek · minimalist · fresh · sophisticated · updated · revamped
Move or progress forward
- developCause gradual growth
- evolveChange gradually over time
- improveRaise in quality
- progressMovement toward improvement
growth · advancement · development · evolution · maturation · enhancement · expansion · breakthrough
restructure
Rearrange fundamental organization
- reorganizeArrange again differently
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
revamp · transform · streamline · decentralize · liberalize · deregulate · privatize · democratize · secularize · westernize
upgrade
Raise to higher standard
- digitizeConvert to electronic format
- automateMake self-operating
- computerizeAutomate via technology
digitalize · streamline · optimize · integrate · network · connectivity · software · hardware · retrofit · tech
renovate
Restore to good condition
redecorate · retrofit · overhaul · revitalize · rehabilitate · recondition · rejuvenate · redevelop · reconstruct · refresh
contemporary
Of the present age
- currentDirected flow of charge
- trendyCurrently in vogue
- fashionableCurrently in style
up-to-date · stylish · chic · sleek · minimalist · fresh · sophisticated · updated · revamped · refreshed
advance
Move or progress forward
progress · growth · advancement · development · evolution · maturation · enhancement · expansion · breakthrough · innovation
- renovationrenovation, remodeling, remodel, renovate, refurbishment
- improveimprove, enhance, better, refine, upgrade
- innovationinnovation, invention, innovative, innovate, breakthrough
- innovateinnovate, revolutionize, transform, overhaul, reinvent
- Business Strategiesexpand, diversify, outsource, merge, restructure
- rebrandingrebrand, logo redesign, name change, rebadge, rechristen
- modernist artExperimental early-twentieth-century aesthetics
- modernist designStripped-down, geometric aesthetic movement
- modernist architectureSpare, functional building design
- modernist furnitureTwentieth-century design movement pieces
- modernist styleArt movement rejecting ornamentation
- modernist homesTwentieth-century design residences
modernized, modernist, modernity, modernism, modernization, modernizing, modernise, modernizer, modernizes