REINVENTING Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

reinventing

verb

present participle of reinvent

as in transforming

to make significant changes or improvements to (something) We are striving to reinvent our business model.

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as in reviving

to bring (something) into use again in a new way Later in her career, she reinvented herself as a singer/songwriter.

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Recent Examples of reinventing Once synonymous with industry—Renault operated its enormous factory here for much of the 20th century—the island has been gradually reinventing itself as a cultural district. — Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026 Gabriel says that unlike her husband, Krasner kept reinventing her style. — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026 Inventive styles like Williams are meant to update more traditionally athletic silhouettes, reinventing them. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026 With each trick and tactic, companies are reinventing the ripoff right under our noses. — Lindsay Owens, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026 Heiko Nix, Siemens’ Global Head of Cash Management and Payments, describes technology as a catalyst for reinventing payments, not merely improving treasury processes. — Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 These towns were selected for their ability to preserve history while reinventing themselves for modern visitors. — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Numerous milestones, from Peart studying with jazz player Freddie Gruber and reinventing his playing style to writing Ghost Rider, a memoir about riding motorcycles and grieving the loss of his wife and daughter, are dotted along the way. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026 After rising to her current post in 2019, she was tasked with reinventing NBC’s Olympics coverage for a new era. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

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In North Georgia’s mountains, autumn already is transforming ridges, forests and streambanks into dazzling palettes of reds, yellows, maroons and deep oranges — all part of nature’s annual leaf color spectacle.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Bill Snyder’s second-greatest football achievement as Kansas State’s legendary head coach, after magically transforming the nation’s most moribund program into a national contender, was to choke the life from his school’s biggest rivalry game.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of transforming

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Westlock Village emerged from development purgatory to apply for building permits in late September, reviving a 4-year-old plan to bring 256 homes to the corner of State Street and Ulmer Lane in West Boise.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2026
Normalizing an extreme idea But the idea of reviving public executions has, in fact, been openly discussed in more mainstream right-wing circles, beyond the CREC.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of reviving

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Fostering collaboration between humans and AI requires leaders who will think less about replacing work and more about redesigning work.

— Elisa Mallis, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Meta’s solution was to stop adding more cables and start redesigning the glass itself.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of redesigning

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After resurrecting iconic consoles like the 2600 and Mattel’s Intellivision, Atari is relaunching one of the brand’s personal computers that originally debuted 43 years ago.

— Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
Madonna has spent her career borrowing, referencing, resurrecting and reinventing, but never at the expense of distinctly looking and feeling like herself.

— Sadie Kargman, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of resurrecting

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Thousands of researchers are constantly modifying these setups, the OpenAI researcher added, with every change risking a compromise to the security of the test.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Curing the void Rocket Lab said the problem appears to be solved after modifying the manufacturing process again.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of modifying

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In the early ‘80s, the singer was already obscuring his Blackness with makeup (prior to remaking his features with plastic surgery).

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Daunt’s idea of good bookshops—welcoming, browsable retail spaces that are also singular and carry human fingerprints—became the template for remaking more than six hundred Barnes & Noble stores.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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