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

Epstein’s instincts and gravitas helped unleash the Cubs as a multibillion-dollar franchise at a time when the Ricketts family ownership group was preserving and modernizing the Friendly Confines. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 19 July 2026

For many companies, waiting now carries more risk than modernizing. — Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

The more than $16 million renovation and expansion project is modernizing one of the district's oldest schools while adding space to accommodate future enrollment. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 July 2026

Recent testing challenges show that modernizing a nuclear deterrent involves far more than developing a new missile. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026

Ultimately, Johnston said, the central issue is reliability, not resistance to AT&T modernizing its network. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

This includes modernizing aging classrooms, replacing outdated systems and upgrading student spaces, and comes at a time when the district’s well of previous bond money from measures passed in 2002 and 2008 is running dry. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

The company brought the duo back by popular demand, though modernizing such beloved products requires some care. — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre founded the SSPX in 1970 in opposition to the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council. — ABC News, 2 July 2026