ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Renovate', Synonyms of 'Renovate' & More on 'Renovate'

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

brighten up, brush up, clean, cleanse, coin, copy, do over, do up, duplicate, face-lift, fix, fix up, freshen, furbish, furbish up, get back, inaugurate, innovate, invent, make over, mint, modernize, neologize, neoterize, overhaul, patch up, polish, polish up, ransom, re-create, re-form, reactivate, rebuild, recapture, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recoup, recover, recuperate, redecorate, redeem, redesign, redo, reestablish, refashion, refit, refound, refresh, refurbish, regain, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstitute, reissue, rejuvenate, rekindle, remake, remodel, renew, reoccupy, reorganize, repair, repeat, replevin, replevy, repossess, reprint, reproduce, reshape, restore, restructure, resume, resurrect, resuscitate, retake, retouch, retrieve, revamp, revindicate, revise, revitalize, revive, revivify, rub up, shine, spruce, spruce up, take back, tone up, touch up, update, vamp, vamp up

Dictionary Results for renovate:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

renovate
    v 1: restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated
         the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel" [syn: renovate,
         restitute]
    2: make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing";
       "My wife wants us to renovate" [syn: refurbish, renovate,
       freshen up]
    3: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
       "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my
       health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive,
       renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Renovate \Ren"o*vate\ (r?n"?-v?t), v. t. [L. renovatus, p. p. of
   renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new.
   See New, and ?? Renew.]
   To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to
   renew.
   [1913 Webster]

         All nature feels the reniovating force
         Of winter.                               --Thomson.
   [1913 Webster]

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