Synonyms for modernise
mod·ernise

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1. modernize, modernise, developverb

   become technologically advanced

   "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"

   Synonyms:
   rise, grow, educate, produce, overhaul, spring up, explicate, make grow, develop, acquire, evolve, arise, germinate, break, train, build up, get, originate, uprise, modernize, recrudesce, formulate, prepare

2. overhaul, modernize, moderniseverb

   make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

   "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"

   Synonyms:
   pass, overhaul, overtake, modernize, develop

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1. streamline

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1. List of paraphrases for "modernise":

   modernize, modernizing, modernising, modernisation, modernization, upgrade, modernised, update, modernized, upgrading, revamp

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How to use modernise in a sentence?

1. Thomas Bach:

   He was an accomplished President, helping to modernise and transform the International Olympic Committee, he will be remembered particularly for championing youth sport and for inaugurating the Youth Olympic Games. He was also a fierce proponent of clean sport, and fought tirelessly against the evils of doping.

2. Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya:

   We should not see it as something that will damage the old taxi industry, but merely to offer better services and compel them to modernise and innovate.

3. Minister Ng:

   Rising nationalism and improving economies have fuelled many Asian countries to spend larger and larger sums to modernise their militaries, so as you look around at our security challenges, this troubled peace around us reaffirms our policy on steady and prudent defence spending.