modernizes

Brings up-to-date

Modernizes means makes something more current or up-to-date.

A company modernizes its equipment by replacing outdated machinery.

A country modernizes its infrastructure.

Someone modernizes a classic recipe by swapping traditional ingredients for contemporary alternatives.

The renovation modernizes the kitchen while preserving the home's historic character.

progress

advancement

Forward movement or promotion

reform · upgrade · overhaul · revamp · enhancement · refinement · restructuring · optimization · progression · renovation

innovation

breakthrough

Sudden important advance

transformation · reinvention · digitization · automation · revolutionizes · futurism · ingenuity · inventiveness · originality · creativity

technical

software

Programs directing computer operations

  • firmwareHardware's permanent programming
  • patchMaterial covering damage
  • upgradeRaise to higher standard

refresh · overhaul · redesign · restructure · rework · revise · modify · adapt · convert · redevelop

style

contemporary

Of the present age

updated · stylish · new-wave · avant-garde · minimalist · streamlined · redesigns · refreshes · rebrands · aesthetics

Categories
Opposites
temporal direction of change

modernizesantiquates

Makes outdated or obsolete

reverts · regresses · restores · brings back · throws back

change vs. preservation

modernizespreserves

Cooked fruit in sugar

conserves · maintains · safeguards · retains · perpetuates

condition trajectory

modernizesdegrades

Diminishes in quality

deteriorates · neglects · runs down · dilapidates

Phrases
Family

modernize, modernized, modernization, modernizing, modernizer, modernizers

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G