reinvent

Transform from scratch

To reinvent something is to make it over completely, creating a substantially new version: The company reinvented itself as a tech startup.

To reinvent the wheel is to waste effort duplicating something that already exists in good form.

When people reinvent themselves, they transform their identity, career, or public image: She reinvented herself after the divorce.

innovate

innovation

Creating something original

breakthroughSudden important advance
disruptInterrupt and disorder
pioneerEarly explorer or settler

visionary · ingenuity · entrepreneurship · prototype · startup · ideation · design-thinking · iterate · pivot · patent

revitalize

renew

Make valid again

refreshRestore energy or newness
rejuvenateRestore youthful vigor
reviveRestore consciousness or vigor

resurrect · regenerate · rekindle · reawaken · recharge · restore · rehabilitate · rebirth · renaissance · comeback

transform

metamorphosis

Profound biological restructuring

overhaulComplete systematic repair
remakeNew version created
reshapeGive different form

remodel · redesign · reconceive · rebrand · restructure · rework · reconfigure · conversion · reformation · revolution

self-improvement

persona

Assumed public identity

identityWho someone is
imageVisual or mental likeness
transformationThorough change in form

makeover · rebrand · self-discovery · pivot · midlife · second-chance · lifestyle · metamorphosis · authenticity · evolution

Categories

renovationrenovation, remodeling, remodel, renovate, refurbishment
change verbschange, alter, transform, modify, convert
makeoversmakeover, glow-up, revamp, refresh, renovate
Personal Changereform, repent, turn over a new leaf, straighten up, improve
innovateinnovate, modernize, revolutionize, transform, overhaul
Business Strategiesexpand, diversify, outsource, merge, restructure

Opposites

originality/creativity

reinventcopy

Identical reproduction made

imitate · replicate · duplicate · reproduce · clone

preservation vs. destruction

reinventdestroy

Cause complete ruin

ruin · devastate · wreck · demolish · shatter

change vs. stasis

reinventpreserve

Protect from loss

conserve · maintain · retain · uphold · perpetuate

Phrases

reinvent the wheelRedo unnecessary groundwork
reinventing the wheelRecreating what already exists
reinvented the wheelRecreated an existing solution
reinventing wheelRedoing established work

Family

reinvention, reinvented, reinvents, reinventing, reinvent the wheel, reinventions, reinventable

Familiarity: Top 50,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G