modernizing
Bringing up-to-date
Modernizing is bringing something up to date or making it current.
A city modernizes its infrastructure by replacing aging systems.
A company modernizes its practices by adopting new technology.
The word implies improvement through alignment with contemporary standards: The factory is modernizing its equipment to increase efficiency.
Improve by correcting faults
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revampRestructure extensively
- renewalMaking current again
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
restructuring · redevelopment · refurbishment · renovation · remodeling · rejuvenation · revitalization · reinvention
Directed flow of charge
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- freshNewly made, not stale
- latestMost recently arrived
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
sleek · streamlined · state-of-the-art · present-day · next-generation · forward-looking · contemporary · updated
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
cost-cutting · trimming · downsizing · reorganization · productivity · systematization · automation · expediting
Converting to electronic format
- automationSelf-operating system design
- computerizationAdopting digital systems
- digitizingConverting to computer format
- connectivityState of being linked
First to explore territory
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- originalityNovel creative quality
ingenuity · progressive · disruptive · trailblazing · revolutionary · groundbreaking · experimental · avant-garde
reform
Improve by correcting faults
upgrade · restructuring · redevelopment · refurbishment · renovation · remodeling · rejuvenation · revitalization · reinvention · adaptation
current
Directed flow of charge
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- freshNewly made, not stale
- latestMost recently arrived
cutting-edge · sleek · streamlined · state-of-the-art · present-day · next-generation · forward-looking · contemporary · updated · recent
streamlining
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
rationalization · cost-cutting · trimming · downsizing · reorganization · productivity · systematization · automation · expediting · standardization
digitalization
Converting to electronic format
- automationSelf-operating system design
- computerizationAdopting digital systems
- digitizingConverting to computer format
pioneering
First to explore territory
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
- creativityCapacity for original thought
originality · ingenuity · progressive · disruptive · trailblazing · revolutionary · groundbreaking · experimental · avant-garde · forward-thinking
- urban renewalredevelopment, rezoning, demolition, land acquisition, eminent domain
- equipment upgradesupgrading, system overhaul
- renovationrenovation, remodeling, remodel, renovate, refurbishment
- creatingcreating, inventing, producing, generating, making
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- getting readyget ready, readying, be prepared, equipping, gear up
modernizingreverting
Returning to earlier state
regressing · retrograding · turning back the clock · restoring · antiquating
modernizingconserving
Protecting from depletion
maintaining · perpetuating · fossilizing · ossifying · preserving
modernizingdeteriorating
Becoming progressively worse
decaying · declining · degrading · stagnating · atrophying
modern, modernize, modernized, ultramodern, modernist, modernity, modernism, modernization, modernise