RECONSTRUCT Synonyms: 131 Similar and Opposite Words

reconstruct

verb

Definition of reconstruct

as in to rebuild

to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up.

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as in to re-create

to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened

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Recent Examples of reconstruct Woo said investigators were still reconstructing exactly what happened inside the home. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Their defense, which has been slightly reconstructed since last year, is tasked with trying to figure out the Texans, who came up just short against Buffalo in Week 1. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, a fierce OpenAI competitor, is the bad guy of The Social Reckoning, opening October 9, which reconstructs the 2021 showdown between Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) and whistleblower Frances Haugen (Oscar-winner Mikey Madison). — Philip Shenon, Air Mail, 19 Sep. 2026 Rather than looking only at the shape of a finished tool, the researchers attempted to reconstruct its entire life. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconstruct

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstruct

Verb

Management is investing in marketing and AI to rebuild the brand and give shoppers more reasons to come back.

— Stephanie Link, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Forrest also hopes to raise $500 million to help rebuild the country once active fighting stops, still a sliver of the $577 billion the World Bank estimates will be needed.

— Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of rebuild

Verb

Air, surface and cyber operations Lockheed Martin used its tactical environment simulation to recreate a mission involving air, surface, and cyber operations.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
The next step after re-creating the scrolls, Seiler added, is to test the real Herculaneum ones to determine what percentage contain lead.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of re-create

Verb

The move would overhaul how federal money is allocated to science—a similar rule change was already proposed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which garnered significant criticism from scientists and national science organizations.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
The same company will find itself with two studios, two large-scale news operations and two general entertainment streaming services, among other assets, and an extensive org chart to overhaul.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of overhaul

Verb

The dining room has been radically reinvented by San Francisco designer Jon de la Cruz.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
After being forced to retire amid health issues, Madden, with his quirky, homespun style, reinvented himself as an NFL analyst and the football brain behind EA’s video game franchise that would become one of the best selling ever.

— Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of reinvent

Verb

Plans are moving forward with another project to rehabilitate a historic building in the West Bottoms with new housing as the district continues to transform.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
The financier undertook a campaign to launder his reputation, spending millions — especially donating to scientific research projects — to rehabilitate his image.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of rehabilitate

Verb

To his supporters, the prime minister is a renaissance man trying to reimagine the old greatness of Ethiopia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Others have created a multimodal version of it using text, images, quotations, citations, audio, video, or other media to show how the idea is inherited, transformed, contested, and reimagined.

— Saurabh Anand, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of reimagine

Verb

Walt Disney Imagineering, the arm of the company devoted to theme park experiences, announced the intent to reconceptualize the original Disneyland area at its all-things-Disney fan convention D23, which kicked off Friday in Anaheim.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
What gives me pause is the question of why Brooker would radically reconceptualize a series whose premise has exceeded its expiration date, instead of just moving on to a fresh idea.

— Time, Time, 16 June 2023