Synonyms of the word

overhaul

• n. A major repair, remake, renovation, or revision.
• n. (firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure…
• v. To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
• v. To pass, overtake, or travel past.
• v. (nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

advance

• v. To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
• v. (obsolete) To raise; to elevate.
• v. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
• v. To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
• v. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.
• v. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
• v. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.
• v. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.
• v. (intransitive) To move forwards, to approach.
• v. (obsolete) To extol; to laud.
• n. A forward move; improvement or progression.
• n. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
• n. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
• n. (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
• adj. Completed before need or a milestone event.
• adj. Preceding.
• adj. Forward.

care

• n. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
• n. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
• n. Worry.
• n. Maintenance, upkeep.
• n. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
• n. The state of being cared for by others.
• n. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
• v. (intransitive) To be concerned about, have an interest in.
• v. (intransitive) To look after.
• v. (intransitive) To be mindful of.
• v. (intransitive) Polite or formal way to say want.

improvement

• n. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering.
• n. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed;…
• n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance.
• n. Something which is improved.
• n. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
• n. (in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc…
• n. (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

maintenance

• n. Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
• n. (law) A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides…
• n. (law) (UK English) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse…
• n. (law) Child support.
• n. Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
• n. (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.

modernise

• v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of modernize.

modernize

• v. (transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding…
• v. (intransitive) To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways.

overtake

• v. To pass a more slowly moving object.
• v. (economics) To become greater than something else.
• v. To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.

pass

• v. (heading) Physical movement.
• v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
• v. (heading) To move through time.
• v. (heading) To be accepted.
• v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
• v. (heading) To do or be better.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
• n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
• n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
• n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
• n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
• n. An attempt.
• n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
• n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
• n. A sexual advance.
• n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
• n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
• n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
• n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
• n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
• n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
• n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
• n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
• n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
• n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
• n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
• n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

progress

• n. Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
• n. Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
• n. An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
• n. (now rare) A journey forward; travel.
• n. Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
• v. (intransitive) to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
• v. (intransitive) to improve; to become better or more complete.
• v. (transitive) To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.

redevelopment

• n. The process of developing something anew.
• n. The demolition of old, redundant or unfashionable buildings or infrastructure and the construction of…

regenerate

• v. (transitive) To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.
• v. (transitive) To revitalize.
• v. (transitive, biology) To replace lost or damaged tissue.
• v. (intransitive) To become reconstructed.
• v. (intransitive) To undergo a spiritual rebirth.
• adj. Spiritually reborn.
• adj. (obsolete) Reproduced.

renew

• v. (transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.
• v. (transitive) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted),…
• v. (theology) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
• v. (now rare, intransitive) To become new, or as new; to revive.
• v. (transitive) To begin again; to recommence.
• v. (rare) To repeat.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.
• n. Synonym of renewal.

renovation

• n. An act, or the process, of renovating.

service

• n. An act of being of assistance to someone.
• n. (economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
• n. A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.
• n. (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
• n. The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
• n. The military.
• n. A set of dishes or utensils.
• n. (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other…
• n. A religious rite or ritual.
• n. (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
• n. (Jordanian, Lebanese, Syrian, Israel, West Bank) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom…
• n. A musical composition for use in churches.
• n. (obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
• n. (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
• v. (transitive) To serve.
• v. (transitive) To perform maintenance.
• v. (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
• v. (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act.
• n. service tree.

upkeep

• n. Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.
• v. (transitive, Britain) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.