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. Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya:

   We should not see it as something that will damage the old taxi industry, but merely to offer better services and compel them to modernize and innovate.

2. Bob Nolan:

   I think frozen food was pretty stale five years ago, we worked really hard the last four years to modernize [ the category ].

3. Joe Biden:

   It's long overdue for Senate Republicans to come to the table, provide a pathway for citizenship for Dreamers, those in temporary status, farm workers and essential workers. We need to modernize our laws so businesses get workers they need and families don't have to wait decades to be brought back together.

4. Oliver Chen:

   Reed understands holistically what it means to modernize a brand.

5. Spanish Socialist Pedro Sanchez:

   I am aware of the responsibility I am assuming, of the complex political moment our country is going through and I will rise to all the challenges with humility and dedication, i am willing to modernize and transform the country and to attend to the urgent social issues of the many people who suffer ...inequality.