Synonyms of modernizing

modernizing

verb

present participle of modernize

as in updating

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

• updating
• redesigning
• streamlining
• remaking
• contemporizing
• reworking
• remodeling
• revising
• recasting
• reengineering
• refashioning
• redoing
• redeveloping
• revamping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of modernizing

The postwar model of a large welfare and regulatory state, run by a class of civil servants charged with modernizing the economy, tempering market forces and defining the common good, has run its course. — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Technological dominance has been tilting toward Moscow of late, exposing Ukraine’s vulnerability to Russia’s relentlessly modernizing war machine. — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

But the modernizing economy also provided organized crime with new opportunities. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Intocable, Grupo Pesado and Salomón Robles are artists who marked an era, breaking barriers by modernizing what legendary norteño artists like Los Invasores de Nuevo León, Los Cadetes de Linares and Los Tigres del Norte had done. — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026

The facility upgrades add capacity while modernizing the processes used to build the seekers. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026

The union says the measure is essential to modernizing the Fire Department to ensure Angelenos are safe. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

The upgrades include modernizing turbines, steam generators and control systems. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

His other priorities include public safety and modernizing local schools. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026