Synonyms of redefined

redefined

verb

past tense of redefine

as in revisited

to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal

learning that he had been adopted forced him to completely redefine his identity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revisited
• reconsidered
• reviewed
• reexamined
• reevaluated
• reconceived
• rethought
• reanalyzed
• readdressed
• went over
• reexplored
• thought better of
• reweighed
• amended
• reimagined
• reconceptualized
• reassessed
• reenvisioned
• changed one's mind (about)
• reappraised
• reheard
• revised
• rectified
• remedied
• reinvestigated
• restudied
• emended
• reformed
• corrected

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• maintained
• asserted
• upheld
• defended

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of redefined

After the Dodgers won in 2024, the commissioner’s office redefined competitive balance as how often a small-market team won the World Series, last accomplished by the 2015 Kansas City Royals. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Entire job categories are being redefined within a single business cycle. — Mo Husain, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

An upset win would not have redefined Miami as anything but a team taking necessary steps up from the foot of a mountain. — Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

In 2025, his decision to designate eight Mexican criminal organizations, such as the Sinaloa cartel, redefined the traditional definition of foreign terrorism to include narcotics trafficking and organized crime. — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026

It was just slightly realigned, redefined, recontextualized into the moment. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026

Those 12 minutes of shocking terror redefined the slasher genre. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026

Oblivion is just one step away, and kinship, whether by blood or affinity, is redefined for a modern world in which traditional safety nets have been rent asunder. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026

Here are seven of the most fascinating exoplanets discovered or dramatically redefined in recent years. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026