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modernize

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of modernize

to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage
  • a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century
Synonyms of modernize

contemporize, streamline, update
Words Related to modernize

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

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