REWORKS Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

reworks

verb

Definition of reworks next

present tense third-person singular of rework

as in modifies

to make different in some way the sculptor reworked the clay into another shape

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as in edits

to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating the magazine will publish your poem if you rework it so that it's a little shorter

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Recent Examples of reworks The book reworks him—a new specialty here, a change of address there—in a way that resembles what its narrator does with Thomas. —

Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 Dries Van Noten reworks classic tailoring with cropped cuts and embroidery, giving tailored separates a fresh perspective. —

Minty Mellon, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2026 At least one bill Beshear vetoed earlier this session — House Bill 314, which reworks the KentuckyWired board and gives the governor significantly less appointee power — has already been overridden. —

Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Mar. 2026 Lawmakers will have to vote on legislation that would give members of the Indiana National Guard police powers and a bill that reworks who oversees the operational aspects of all public schools within Indianapolis Public Schools boundaries. —

Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 25 Feb. 2026 The new contract reworks the final year of Murphy’s previous deal while also adding two more years. —

The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026 The design reworks the Gel-Quantum 360 I AMP’s entire upper, stripping away the mesh and suede overlays for a nearly one-piece construction. —

Riley Jones, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026 Most of her fabrics come from the British cloth merchant Dugdale, which reworks archival fabrics from the mid-19th century, and operates in Huddersfield, in the North of England. —

Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025 The revival, currently showing at the La Jolla Playhouse, reworks the original while embracing its relentless optimism, and is powered by the lyrical maestro herself, Cyndi Lauper, and Christopher Ashley, who helmed the on-stage ensemble. —

Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2025

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Imagine someone takes a real photo of a tense political event and modifies only a small portion of it.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026
But as our perceptions of Clark shift with various revelations, Bateman masterfully modifies his bearing from blandly sinister to sweetly sincere and back again.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026