Definition of REVAMP

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 Word
revamp: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
revamp: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

revamp: valid Words With Friends Word