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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

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

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How to use overhaul in a sentence?

1. Yakubu Dogara:

   This further strengthens my constant call for an overhaul of the entire security apparatus of this country, it just isn't working.

2. Se Young Lee:

   A major management overhaul could have triggered greater confusion at a time when market conditions are uncertain.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

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

4. Jose Maria Aznar:

   If voters say twice 'I won't vote for this PP' and there is no overhaul, then there is no guarantee that on the third occasion they won't say no again, this time in a general election.

5. Steve Heun:

   If there was any positive feeling about the tax overhaul, clearly, it's been wiped out.

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