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

Now Russians are actually modernizing them, making completely new technologies. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Development teams are producing code faster, modernizing applications more rapidly and introducing new services at unprecedented rates. — Evgeny Gervis, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

The flight problems also come as the transportation secretary continues to call for modernizing the nation’s aging air traffic control infrastructure. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

Manufacturing, bioscience, insurance, finance and technology businesses can qualify for tax credits and sales tax refunds to offset the costs of modernizing or expanding facilities in Iowa, according to the IEDA. — Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 18 Sep. 2026

Alford deserves credit for modernizing the program through his work with the boosters and as AD. — Matt Baker, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

The goal should be more than modernizing a trade preference program. — semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Related Explore See latest videos, charts and news Chew, leading a 14 piece band, has played an instrumental role in modernizing the music of the show, taking it from a classic ballroom feel to one that reacts in real time to pop culture trends. — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026

For a company focused on modernizing capital-markets infrastructure, participating directly in blockchain validation represents a natural extension of its work. — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026