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update

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of update

to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage

  • the movie is basically a retelling of the tried-and-true Cinderella story, updated for today's hipper audiences
Synonyms of update

contemporize, modernize, streamline
Words Related to update

recast, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework

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