revolutionised

Completely changed everything

Revolutionised is the British spelling of revolutionized.

To revolutionise something is to transform it fundamentally, usually through innovation or radical change: The smartphone revolutionised how we communicate.

The word implies not mere improvement but a complete overturning of previous methods or systems.

transformation

transformed

Fundamentally changed in nature

reshaped · reimagined · redesigned · reformed · renewed · reworked · converted · modernised · updated · upgraded

breakthrough

groundbreaking

Introducing radical new ideas

seminal · historic · watershed · paradigm shift · quantum leap · milestone · discovery · invention · eureka · turning point

innovation

cutting-edge

At innovation's forefront

creativity · ingenuity · originality · futuristic · high-tech · visionary · novel · radical · disruptive · forward-thinking

upheaval

rebellion

Defiance of established power

insurrection · reform · resistance · activism · protest · social change · political change · movement · liberation · emancipation

modernisation

industrialisation

Transition to factory-based economy

globalisation · mechanisation · electrification · computerisation · streamlining · infrastructure · connectivity · telecommunications · robotics · smart technology

Opposites
degree of change

revolutionisedtweaked

Altered in minor ways

fine-tuned · touched up · patched · preserved · maintained

direction of change

revolutionisedregressed

Returned to earlier state

reversed · set back · devolved · degraded · undid

action versus inaction

revolutionisedconserved

Kept from being used up

left alone · preserved · maintained · perpetuated · upheld

Family

revolutionist, revolutionise, revolutionising, revolutionists, revolutionises

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