revamping

Giving fresh treatment

Revamping is the act of renovating or overhauling something to improve it.

The word suggests substantial changes rather than minor adjustments: The restaurant is revamping its menu, The company announced a complete revamping of its website.

The root vamp originally meant the upper part of a shoe, and to vamp was to patch it up—revamping implies doing so again or more thoroughly.

overhaul

reconstruction

Rebuilding after destruction

retrofitting · rehabilitation · remodeling · redevelopment · reconditioning · restructuring · redesigning · reworking · remaking · revising

transform

metamorphosis

Profound biological restructuring

conversion · alteration · modification · adaptation · mutation · reinvention · pivoting · repositioning · reimagining · transfiguration

modernize

upgrade

Raise to higher standard

streamline · optimize · innovate · cutting-edge · high-tech · state-of-the-art · contemporary · futuristic · progressive · sophisticated

refresh

rejuvenate

Restore youthful vigor

rekindle · revive · energize · enliven · brighten · reawaken · reactivate · recharge · spruce up · polish

Categories
Opposites
change vs. preservation

revampingpreserving

Protecting from deterioration

maintaining · conserving · keeping · stabilization · fixation

active transformation vs. inaction

revampingneglecting

Failing to attend to

ignoring · abandoning · leaving alone · disregarding · letting be

renewal vs. deterioration

revampingneglecting

Failing to attend to

deteriorating · decaying · degrading · declining · ruining

Family

revampings

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G