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 Authorities are working to reconstruct the drug route, including where the packages came from and their final destination in Europe, according to El Tiempo. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026 The $237 million project, which started in 2025, will replace 15 bridges, rehabilitate seven bridges, reconstruct the low-speed Benton and Jackson curves and add a fourth eastbound I-70 thru lane. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 Those details allow scientists to reconstruct ancient ecosystems, understand how an animal lived and died, and interpret how its remains became fossilized. — Kristi Curry Rogers, The Conversation, 14 July 2026 Authorities credited the department's Real Time Crime Center, surveillance cameras and cellphone data with helping investigators reconstruct the couple's movements. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reconstruct

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconstruct

Verb

Systems can now generate, modify, optimize and rebuild parts of themselves faster than humans can fully understand the downstream consequences.

— Doug Shannon, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
If the Benton report shows that the inspector general’s office is on the job, conducting robust and effective investigations, this could help rebuild confidence in an office the public has every reason to doubt.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of rebuild

Verb

Fedorov, just 35 years old, has spent his career idolizing the startup, entrepreneurial culture of Silicon Valley, and sought to recreate it in Ukraine.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026
By redoing it, albeit with more high-tech equipment than was available in 1919, Harksen hopes to illustrate that even monumental experiments can be re-created by the average person.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

Definition of re-create

Verb

Lawmakers this session introduced a series of bills that would overhaul child custody and family court — including changes that would codify equal custody arrangements as the default.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026
Since taking over as pitching coach, Taylor has overhauled the Jackets’ staff.

— Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of overhaul

Verb

Opened in 2022 as a rentable vacation home and events space, this white Mediterranean-style villa reinvented itself last year as a canal-side, five-room boutique hotel, complete with a boat dock, a spa, a garden, a saltwater pool and a chef.

— The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Rather than reinventing itself, the restaurant has focused on refining what already works while maintaining the neighborhood atmosphere that has kept regulars coming back.

— Evan Moore July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026

Definition of reinvent

Verb

The sewer bond funds from Question 5 would be used to rehabilitate sewer mains, build additional green infrastructure and make upgrades to pump stations.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
The United States on Friday backed a new agreement between Iraq and Syria to rehabilitate an oil pipeline that would provide an alternative route for crude exports and reduce reliance on the Strait of Hormuz.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026

Definition of rehabilitate

Verb

This summer will not repeat the last, where 14 new players arrived at a cost of £170million ($228m) to ruthlessly overhaul a promotion-winning squad.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 July 2026
The same graphic is repeated on the Baggy Utility Shorts, Loose Jeans and Straight Jeans as embroidery on their coin pockets.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

Definition of repeat

Verb

Easterseals Disability Services has reimagined the Media Access Awards as The DARCYS, with the inaugural event set for October 10 at The Historic Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.

— Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
While Kali’s protruding tongue is sometimes interpreted as a gesture of embarrassment or shame, the Rolling Stones’ logo reimagines it as a symbol of protest and antiestablishment sentiment.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July 2026