Renovate

Verb

 * 1) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
 * 2) To tear down and rebuild.
 * This house is shabby, it needs renovating.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

 * renovation

Thesaurus
brighten up, brush up, clean, cleanse, coin, copy, do over, do up, duplicate, face-lift, fix, fix up, freshen, furbish, furbish up, get back, inaugurate, innovate, invent, make over, mint, modernize, neologize, neoterize, overhaul, patch up, polish, polish up, ransom, re-create, re-form, reactivate, rebuild, recapture, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, recoup, recover, recuperate, redecorate, redeem, redesign, redo, reestablish, refashion, refit, refound, refresh, refurbish, regain, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstitute, reissue, rejuvenate, rekindle, remake, remodel, renew, reoccupy, reorganize, repair, repeat, replevin, replevy, repossess, reprint, reproduce, reshape, restore, restructure, resume, resurrect, resuscitate, retake, retouch, retrieve, revamp, revindicate, revise, revitalize, revive, revivify, rub up, shine, spruce, spruce up, take back, tone up, touch up, update, vamp, vamp up

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 裝修, 装修,  修復,  修复,  翻新
 * Dutch: renoveren
 * Finnish: peruskorjata, ,
 * French: ,


 * German:, ,
 * Japanese: 改装, 修築,  更改
 * Russian:, обновлять,  восстанавливать
 * Turkish: yenilemek,


 * Finnish: