REBUILT Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in repaired

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verb

past tense of rebuild

as in reconstructed

to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane.

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Triarchy stopped using conventional methods for denim production in 2016, halting production for 18 months before relaunching in 2018 with a rebuilt system that produced the first plastic-free stretch denim in 2022. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 This season was supposed to be different with a rebuilt defense. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Pope Francis had refused repeatedly to make a proper state visit to France during his 12-year pontificate and pointedly refused to join the inauguration of the rebuilt Notre Dame cathedral in 2024. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 The rebuilt 90,000-seat stadium, which opened in 2007, remains the home of England’s national teams and one of the sport’s most recognizable stages. — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 San Francisco cruised to a 27-7 victory over the Rams and their rebuilt defense in Australia. — Mike Sando, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 The sunken living room bridges the rebuilt 1930s house and its new addition. — Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2026 During Thursday's announcement, Hochul warned that the state is increasing its efforts to combat auto insurance fraud, including through a new cross-agency task force and a rebuilt insurance fraud bureau. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday morning, WJZ cameras captured a massive crane lifting a support pylon for the rebuilt bridge into place. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

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The effects crew also rebuilt Rocky’s transparent xenonite barriers digitally to remove reflections, hide operators and maintain the complicated play of light through the set. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026 The Paris installation is only a small part of the project, however, since the glass factory is being rebuilt in spaces including Red Clay Studio in Tamale and a British-era colonial building. — Gameli Hamelo, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The set was shipped to Steiner for Season 3 and rebuilt there. — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026 Alabama Jack’s rebuilt on a barge and reopened in March 1966. — Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Insurance payouts for mortgaged homes damaged or destroyed by fires are typically not sent directly to homeowners but instead are held by lenders or servicers, who then disburse the funds in tranches as a home is rebuilt or repaired. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Few large organizations have rebuilt their core operations around artificial intelligence, according to the technology chief of one of the world’s largest consulting firms. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 The McCoys’ attorney said the house will need to be razed and completely rebuilt. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026 Four years ago, after helping found Matter, Apple rebuilt HomeKit’s underlying architecture and revamped the Home app, laying a strong foundation. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuilt

Adjective

The town will unveil the renovations next month and the improvements include a new paint job on the interior of the historic building, a repaired 19th-century chalkboard pulley system and repair of the several small holes in the roof.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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Verb

The visitor area of Federal Prison Camp Bryan, where Fielder and Holmes would meet, had to be reconstructed essentially from memory.

— Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
From these fragments of intelligence, scientists reconstructed journeys that took place largely beyond their view.

— Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

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As of Saturday, the ministry said, more than 270 wild animals in Indonesia's part of Borneo had been rescued, rehabilitated or guided to safer habitats, including 46 orangutans rescued by YIARI.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Along Central Avenue, the nonprofit New Life Homes rehabilitated Luna Lodge into 30 affordable apartments in 2013 and reopened the Sundowner as 71 mixed-income apartments the following year.

— Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026

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