make over

make over

verb

Definition of MAKE OVER

1

to change in form, appearance, or use <the old factory was completely made over and is now an upscale shopping center>

Synonyms alchemize, make over, metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate

Related Words adjust, alter, modify, recast; redefine, redesign, redo, reengineer, refashion, regenerate, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary; deform, disfigure, distort, mutate, transmogrify; displace, replace, substitute, supplant

2

to give over the legal possession or ownership of <made the deed over to his daughter>

Synonyms alien, alienate, assign, cede, convey, deed, make over

Related Words bequeath, hand down, leave, pass (down), will; bestow, commend, commit, confer, contribute, deliver, donate, grant, hand over, move, pass, present, release, relinquish, surrender, transmit, turn in, turn over, vest, yield; consign, entrust (also intrust), trust; lease, lend, let [chiefly British], loan, rent

Near Antonyms expropriate

3

to make different in some way <just got up one day and decided to make over her hairstyle and her appearance in general>

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

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

Antonyms fix, freeze, set, stabilize