Synonyms of modernized

modernized 1 of 2

adjective

as in updated

Related Words

• updated
• latest
• high-tech
• last
• futuristic
• stylish
• modern
• fashionable
• now
• contemporary
• nouvelle
• recent
• ultramodern
• modish
• modernistic
• happening
• in
• up-to-date
• new
• state-of-the-art
• newfangled
• current
• latter-day
• present-day
• new age
• designer
• new-fashioned
• mod
• up-to-the-minute
• space-age
• red-hot
• hot

Dissimilar Words

• antiquated
• archaic
• out-of-date
• old-fashioned
• dated
• anachronistic
• old
• old-time
• ancient
• past
• fusty
• musty
• aged
• historical
• venerable
• historic
• former
• antediluvian
• hoary
• late
• olden
• antique
• bygone
• obsolete
• age-old
• retro
• outmoded
• passé
• retrograde
• outworn
• oldfangled
• discarded
• old-world
• disused
• timeless
• forgotten
• remote
• unmodernized
• ageless
• kaput
• moth-eaten
• dateless

modernized

2 of 2

verb

past tense of modernize

as in redesigned

to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage

a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century

Synonyms & Similar Words

• redesigned
• updated
• streamlined
• remade
• contemporized
• reworked
• remodeled
• revised
• reengineered
• refashioned
• recast
• revamped
• redeveloped
• redid

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of modernized

Adjective

Businesses may eventually encounter several kinds of modernized infrastructure at once. — Karen Koehler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026

Originally launched in 1990, this hiking shoe has been reinterpreted for the fall/winter 2026 season with a modernized construction while retaining its distinctive silhouette. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

The new hospital, which will include a modernized neonatal intensive care unit, intends to provide integrated care across gynecology, pregnancy, labor and delivery, menopause, and cardiology. — Catriona Marangi, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Wear them with balloon trousers for a modernized interpretation of the flats and wide-leg jeans outfit. — Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2026

Many popular world maps often represent modernized versions of the Mercator world map originally developed by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

The executive evaluating modernized software still shops online. — Taylor Cheek-Mundy, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Their old concrete, masonry, waterways, and modernized machinery connect early public-power ambitions to the needs of today’s grid. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

The aircraft is expected to eventually replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit while operating alongside modernized B-52 Stratofortress bombers expected to remain in service into the middle of the century. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Verb

The new batch of Su-57 multi-role fighter jets have been modernized based on extensive experience from its use in combat operations, according to reports. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Even as so many families rely on the bus for their kids to get an education, most of the legal agreements underpinning the city’s school transportation system have not been modernized in decades. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

This toggle, which enables travelers to connect their personal headphones on flights that have not yet modernized their entertainment systems to be Bluetooth compatible. — Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2026

As American utilities modernized, their legacy equipment was wired into computer networks and cloud services for remote monitoring. — Anne Neuberger, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2026

To fix this, the infrastructure must be modernized to allow health systems to build scalable cell and gene therapies. — Jigar Thakkar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

The state’s sawmill in Portland, which was recently modernized, produces materials used for state projects — including trail bridges, picnic tables in state parks, facility signage and building components — that are all locally sourced. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026

Kiffin modernized Alabama, then was accused of faking injuries to slow down Tennessee. — Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

In some cases, preexisting latifundia were modernized and adapted to the needs of export commodity production, frequently on the basis of outright slavery or any number of coercive arrangements like debt peonage and sharecropping. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026