Synonyms for modernize
ˈmɒd ərˌnaɪzmod·ern·ize

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1. overhaul, modernize, moderniseverb

   make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

   "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"

   Synonyms:
   pass, modernise, overhaul, overtake, develop

2. modernize, modernise, developverb

   become technologically advanced

   "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"

   Synonyms:
   rise, grow, educate, produce, overhaul, spring up, modernise, explicate, make grow, develop, acquire, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, recrudesce, formulate, prepare

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1. List of paraphrases for "modernize":

   modernise, modernizing, modernization, modernising, upgrade, modernisation, upgrading, modernized, modernizes, update, modern, revamp, modernised

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1. Minister Ng:

   Rising nationalism and improving economies have fueled many Asian countries to spend larger and larger sums to modernize their militaries, so as you look around at our security challenges, this troubled peace around us reaffirms our policy on steady and prudent defense spending.

2. Howard Schultz:

   Our stores serve as windows into America, we find ourselves in a position where we must modernize and transform the Starbucks experience in our stores and recreate an environment that is relevant, welcoming and safe.

3. Scott Faber:

   People can tell the FDA to require over-the-counter sunscreen product companies to test for contaminants like benzene, and people can tell Congress to pass laws to modernize cosmetics safety laws.

4. Carole Johnson:

   That is why we are taking action to both bring greater transparency to the system and to reform and modernize the OPTN. The individuals and families that depend on this life-saving work deserve no less.

5. Agency Director Chris Krebs:

   We have to get out of this model where we are paying to patch and paying to modernize.