MODERNIZE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MODERNIZE?

Need another word that means the same as “modernize”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “modernize” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Modernize” are: modernise, overhaul, develop, update, bring up to date, bring into the twenty-first century, drag into the twenty-first century, lead into the twenty-first century, march into the twenty-first century, streamline, rationalize, technologize, get up to date, move with the times, innovate, make alterations, make changes

Modernize as a Verb

Definitions of "Modernize" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “modernize” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Adapt (something) to modern needs or habits, typically by installing modern equipment or adopting modern ideas or methods.
• Become technologically advanced.
• Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.

Synonyms of "Modernize" as a verb (17 Words)

bring into the twenty-first century	Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.
bring up to date	Cause to come into a particular state or condition.
develop	Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development. Children must develop a sense of right and wrong.
drag into the twenty-first century	Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost.
get up to date	Give certain properties to something.
innovate	Bring something new to an environment. The company s failure to diversify and innovate competitively.
lead into the twenty-first century	Move ahead (of others) in time or space.
make alterations	Induce to have sex.
make changes	Charge with a function; charge to be.
march into the twenty-first century	Force to march.
modernise	Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.
move with the times	Go or proceed from one point to another.
overhaul	Analyse and improve (a system. Moves to overhaul the income tax system.
rationalize	Reorganize (a process or system) so as to make it more logical and consistent. When one wonders why one is doing certain things one should rationalize.
streamline	Contour economically or efficiently. The company streamlined its operations by removing whole layers of management.
technologize	Incorporate or introduce modern technology into (something), typically by using or installing electronic or digital equipment. Kessler walked me through how the company is technologizing an antiquated industry.
update	Modernize or bring up to date. We updated the database with the most recent figures.

Usage Examples of "Modernize" as a verb

• He modernized the health service.

Associations of "Modernize" (30 Words)

accelerate	Increase in rate, amount, or extent. The key question is whether stress accelerates ageing.
agriculture	A large-scale farming enterprise.
alleviate	Make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe. Measures to alleviate unemployment.
automation	Equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation. The automation of office tasks.
capitalism	An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. An era of free market capitalism.
city	A town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral. The city council.
civilization	The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced. Early Mayan civilization.
commercialization	The process of managing or running something principally for financial gain. Rapid commercialization across the art world.
democratize	Introduce democratic reforms; of nations. Mass production has not democratized fashion.
deregulate	Lift the regulations on. The trucking industry was deregulated in the early 1980s.
develop	Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development. Call the doctor if your child develops a rash.
economy	A particular system or stage of an economy. An economy pack of soap flakes.
globalization	The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. Fears about the increasing globalization of the world economy.
industrialization	The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. These developing countries have undergone rapid industrialization.
industrialize	Develop industries in (a country or region) on a wide scale. The Chinese industrialized textile production.
liberalize	Make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules. The laws liberalized after Prohibition.
mechanization	The action or process of making something mechanical in character. The letters and pictures form part of an exhibition at the museum charting the history of the British Army s mechanization.
modernity	A modern way of thinking, working, etc.; contemporariness. Hobbes was the genius of modernity.
modernization	Making modern in appearance or behavior. The modernization of Nigeria will be a long process.
poverty	The state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount. The poverty of her imagination.
privatization	Changing something from state to private ownership or control. The government launched a new round of privatizations.
privatize	Transfer (a business, industry, or service) from public to private ownership and control. They were opposed to plans to privatize electricity and water.
productivity	The state or quality of being productive. The long term productivity of land.
rebuild	An instance of rebuilding. The rebuilds include a number of Delage cars.
redecorate	Apply paint or wallpaper in (a room or building) again, typically differently. You will have to redecorate the room afterwards.
renovate	Give new life or energy to. The old school has been tastefully renovated as a private house.
sophisticate	Sophisticated. Readers who have been sophisticated by modern literary practice.
upgrade	To improve what was old or outdated. I ve upgraded my computer so I can run better software.
urbanization	The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban. He saw nature being destroyed by urbanization.
westernization	Assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization.