Synonyms for overhaul
ˌoʊ vərˈhɔl, ˈoʊ vərˌhɔl; ˈoʊ vərˌhɔl

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1. overhaul, inspection and repair, service(noun)

   periodic maintenance on a car or machine

   "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"

   Synonyms:
   divine service, help, service, religious service, table service, serving, serve, renovation, military service, service of process, avail, inspection and repair, redevelopment, armed service, servicing

2. renovation, redevelopment, overhaul(verb)

   the act of improving by renewing and restoring

   "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property"; "a major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed"

   Synonyms:
   service, renovation, redevelopment, restoration, refurbishment, inspection and repair

3. pass, overtake, overhaul(verb)

   travel past

   "The sports car passed all the trucks"

   Synonyms:
   run, catch, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, occur, die, overwhelm, overcome, turn over, go, spend, slide by, fade, hand, modernize, legislate, happen, egest, catch up with, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, transcend, make it, authorize, modernise, overpower, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, whelm, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, expire, sweep over, go through, reach, communicate, come about, choke, pop off, go across, overtake, travel by, glide by, extend, decease, fall, pass, pass by, clear, exit, conk, excrete, buy the farm, pass along, snuff it, go along, surpass, guide, pass on

4. overhaul, modernize, modernise(verb)

   make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

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

   Synonyms:
   pass, modernise, overtake, modernize, develop

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1. overhaul(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) overtake, come up with

2. overhaul(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   examine, look into

3. overhaul(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial U. S.] censure, blame, reprove, reprehend, find fault with, pass censure on, take to task, bring to book, call over the coals, haul over the coals, call to account, come down upon, snap up

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1. List of paraphrases for "overhaul":

   revision, recast, review, recasting, redesign, reform, revise

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How to use overhaul in a sentence?

1. Erin Hohlfelder:

   We really need to overhaul our response to crises.

2. Florian Schuhbauer:

   Should Mr. Retzlaff not return, it will surely be the task of the new supervisory board to overhaul the management board in a sensible fashion.

3. Bruce Leverett - "Register Allocation in Optimizing Compilers":

   But in our enthusiasm, we could not resist a radical overhaul of the system, in which all of its major weaknesses have been exposed, analyzed, and replaced with new weaknesses.

4. Najib Razak:

   The appointments announced today are part of efforts by the Government and Khazanah to lay strong foundations for the future success of our national carrier, the government is committed to seeing through the complete overhaul of MAS to its successful conclusion.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   It is better and easier to build boys ( minor tune up ) then to repair men ( major overhaul. )

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