RETROFITS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

retrofits

verb

present tense third-person singular of retrofit

as in rebuilds

to provide (something) with new parts that were not available when it was originally built The factory has been retrofitted to meet the new safety regulations. We can retrofit your car with the new fuel system.

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Recent Examples of retrofits Four years later, her company, DB Trucks, buys and builds water trucks, or retrofits trucks that customers own, for uses like construction sites and firefighting. —

Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025 Schlott makes any necessary repairs and in the case of the general store phone, retrofits them with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology to enable calls. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025

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But each of those Eastern Conference rebuilds does not figure to receive an immediate jolt up the standings with one more lottery pick.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
The model that helped launch former Lamborghini engineer Horacio Pagani’s eponymous marque made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 1999 and would only undergo minor changes before the final example rolled off the line 20 years later (though sporadic one-offs and rebuilds occasionally pop up).

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 May 2026