OVERHAUL Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

overhaul 1 of 2

verb

ˌō-vər-ˈhȯl

Definition of overhaul

as in to catch

to move fast enough to get even with in the final moments of the race, the horse in the rear sped forward at a furious pace and overhauled the horse that had been leading

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overhaul

2 of 2

noun

as in redesign

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Recent Examples of overhaul

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The retailer is overhauling its fleet of stores to turn them into a social media-friendly destination for Gen Alpha. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 His administration has also overhauled a federal database maintained by DHS to verify citizenship and immigration status. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Noun

The façade was already undergoing a $22 million overhaul, and there were deeper, systemic problems to solve. — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026 The overhaul immediately followed an earlier 25% product cull completed in the last fiscal year. — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overhaul

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Salas, 20, should soon become the youngest player to catch a big-league game since Ivan Rodriguez debuted with the Texas Rangers in 1991.

— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Fortunately, one of the most sensitive detectors ever constructed was buried there to catch that fleeting glow and record the neutrinos’ ghostly presence.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of catch

Noun

Havekes’s redesign plays with perception of space through color—and consequently eliminates the often anonymous neutrality typical of many new buildings.

— Valentina Lonati, Architectural Digest, 22 Aug. 2026
Implementation remains a sociotechnical challenge involving workflow redesign, medico-legal considerations, and preservation of the patient-clinician relationship.

— Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of redesign

Verb

Popular media and Southern folklore frequently claimed that kudzu was swallowing 150,000 new acres every year and had overtaken anywhere from 7 to 9 million acres across the region.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026
The pace of improvement in AI models has led many observers to predict that human intelligence may soon be overtaken by the cognitive capacity of machines.

— George C. Lee II, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of overtake

Noun

Lowenstein told me that the evolving maps have drained the meaning from those Obama-era debates about the viability of a Palestinian state, forcing a revision of the vocabulary that American politicians use to talk about the conflict.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The revision arrived without source documentation, and the OCC noted inconsistencies in what management had told it about where the money would come from.

— AJ Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of revision

Verb

The North American box office is still chasing the pre-pandemic levels of 2019, and despite a blockbuster summer, ticket sales are still lagging.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
That’s some serious currency for Mahomes to be taking into Season 10 with so much still in front of him — both in terms of years to play, presumably, and goals to chase.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of chase

Noun

But it was closely followed by the reveal of a reworking of what is currently known as Journey Into Imagination With Figment at Epcot.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
For arc welding, Path Robotics claims its robots typically achieve between 95 and 100 percent on first-pass yields, meaning the share of parts that pass quality inspection the first time without requiring reworking or resulting in scrap.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of reworking

Verb

Chelsea have also reached a verbal agreement with Como to loan goalkeeper Robert Sanchez to the Serie A club for a season.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
The river is in severe drought, and water levels at two major reservoirs on the river recently reached record lows.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

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