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 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

Ann Blakely is the managing principal of Baker Tilly’s digital solutions practice, with a focus on modernizing legacy business models. — Ann Blakely, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

As the industrial age took hold, geometry continued to show force in the colonial infantries abroad and through isomorphic police squadrons that fit neatly into modernizing city blocks patrolled back home. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

The browser’s latest update brings a design overhaul to all desktop and mobile users, aimed at modernizing Firefox with bubble-like tabs, a rounded address bar, and refreshed colors, icons, and themes. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2026

Staying true to the brand’s heritage and legacy while modernizing the offer was praised. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026