revamp
Plural: revamps
Verb
Verb Forms: revamped, revamping, revamps
- To make over or give a new and improved form to.
- to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
- "They revamped their old house before selling it"
- provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
- "revamp my old boots"
- To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
Noun
- An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision.
Examples
- a revamp of a website
- He decided to revamp his opening moves after a string of low scores in Scrabble.
- They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.
Origin / Etymology
The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Synonyms
vamp, ameliorate, amend, aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English (chiefly Portuguese)), batten, better, correct, enhance, fix, fix up, get better, hone, improve, kludge, look up, make whole, meliorate, mend, newvamp, overhaul, patch, put to rights, recoct, rectify, refine, reform, refurbish, remediate, remedy, renew, renovate, restore, restrive, revamp, revampment
Scrabble Score: 13
revamp: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrevamp: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
revamp: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary