REMAKES Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

remakes

verb

present tense third-person singular of remake

as in remodels

to make different in some way one of those people who left the security and conformity of a small town to remake their lives in the big city

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as in repeats

to make or do again yesterday's soup was so good that we decided to remake it for today's lunch

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Recent Examples of remakes The question is whether Disney has a bigger problem on its hands with its live-action remakes that, for the most part, have been easy money in the bank. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 13 July 2026 The collection takes 10 of Skims’ most familiar bra and underwear silhouettes and remakes them in cotton, spanning bralettes, briefs, thongs and boy shorts. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 22 June 2026 More broadly, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, this week laid off 8,000 workers as the company remakes itself with AI. — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 May 2026 The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval. — Jake Coyle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026 The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval. — Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026 Capitalism is the other force that restlessly and continually remakes the world. — Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026 Two remakes top the list of the 46th Annual Golden Raspberry nominations, known as the Razzies, announced on Wednesday. — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026 Zionism remakes Hanukkah Hanukkah was not merely repackaged by Zionists in Europe; it was totally transformed from a relatively minor holiday into the central annual celebration of the movement. — Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025

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More than just structural support For decades, scientists have known that bone provides support, stores minerals and continuously remodels itself.

— Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
The push in beauty comes at a time when Walmart is doubling down on the style category, giving beauty, fashion and home prime real estate adjacent to the highly trafficked grocery or pharmacy departments in about 100 stores, with more to be added as the company remodels existing formats.

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025

Definition of remodels

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This chamber replicates a laboratory setting, showcasing special effects prosthetics, creature designs, makeup concept artwork, and artifacts from historical to contemporary science horror films.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
The river guides become the architects of a system that replicates their judgment at scale.

— Jack O'Hara, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of replicates

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For example, Texas angler Dustin Grice modifies his spinnerbaits by adding chartreuse and white willow-leaf blades with a matching chartreuse/white skirt.

— David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
The company’s claim is that MST modifies the mechanical stress state of the silicon surface in a way that discourages dislocation nucleation and propagation during the subsequent GaN growth steps.

— Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026

Definition of modifies

Verb

Part of the Splash Jelly Drop collection, Tory Burch’s Mini Romy reworks one of the brand’s signature shapes into a bright aquatic blue that immediately calls to mind swimming pools and cloudless skies.

— Sanika Achrekar, Glamour, 2 July 2026
Today, denim is getting a new influx of American talent thanks to brands like B Sides, a tiny label in upstate New York that takes selvage fabric and reworks it into new patchwork cuts.

— Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 1 July 2026

Definition of reworks

Verb

This layout alters how a power plant operates over its life cycle.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
That ocean warming alters where thunderstorm activity concentrates near the equator, which in turn shifts the position of the jet stream — the fast-moving river of air that steers storms across North America.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 29 June 2026

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