remake

¹re·make

transitive verb \(ˌ)rē-ˈmāk\

re·made\-ˈmād\re·mak·ing

Definition of REMAKE

: to make anew or in a different form

— re·mak·er \-ˈmā-kər\ noun

Examples of REMAKE

1. They will be remaking the film with American actors.
2. <one of those people who left the security and conformity of a small town to remake their lives in the big city>

First Known Use of REMAKE

circa 1635

Related to REMAKE

Synonyms

alter, make over, modify, recast, redo, refashion, change, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary

Antonyms

fix, freeze, set, stabilize

Related Words

deform, metamorphose, mutate; regenerate, revolutionize, transfigure, transform, transmute; commute, convert, exchange; rejigger, retool

Rhymes with REMAKE

air brake, awake, backache, beefcake, beefsteak, betake, blacksnake, bull snake, canebrake, caretake, cheesecake, cheesesteak, clambake, club steak, corncrake, cube steak, cupcake, daybreak, disc brake, drum brake, earache, earthquake, fair shake, fast break, firebreak, firedrake, fish cake, flank steak, forsake, friedcake, fruitcake, green snake, grubstake, hand brake, handshake, headache, heartache, heartbreak, hoecake, hotcake, housebreak, intake, jailbreak, keepsake, king snake, lapstrake, mandrake, milk snake, mistake, moonquake, muckrake, namesake, newsbreak, oatcake, oil cake, opaque, outbreak, outtake, Pan-Cake, pancake, partake, pound cake, pump fake, rat snake, retake, rewake, rock brake, seaquake, sea snake, seedcake, sheldrake, shortcake, snowflake, sponge cake, Swiss steak, tea cake, toothache, unmake, uptake, wheat cake, windbreak, wind shake, youthquake

²re·make

noun \ˈrē-ˌmāk\

Definition of REMAKE

: one that is remade; especially : a new version of a motion picture

Examples of REMAKE

1. The director's next project will be a remake of King Kong.

First Known Use of REMAKE

1936