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contemporize

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of contemporize

to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage

  • the new owners of the old-line French restaurant plan to contemporize the menu and make the place seem less intimidating
Synonyms of contemporize

modernize, streamline, update
Words Related to contemporize

recast, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework

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