Synonyms for overhaul
ˌoʊ vərˈhɔl, ˈoʊ vərˌhɔl; ˈoʊ vərˌhɔlover·haul

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1. overhaul, inspection and repair, servicenoun

   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, overhaulverb

   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, overhaulverb

   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, moderniseverb

   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. overhaulverb

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) overtake, come up with

2. overhaulverb

   Synonyms:
   examine, look into

3. overhaulverb

   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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1. Paul Workman:

   The answer today is the right one, but I would urge NICE to implement the planned overhaul of its drug appraisal processes as soon as possible to avoid repeated delays in getting the best, most innovative treatments to patients.

2. Dara Cooper:

   We talk about the wrongs of the USDA as if it were in the past, but the reality is that they still continue, so there has to be some drastic overhaul.

3. Stefan Koopman:

   We do expect business investment to pick up as the tax overhaul does provide some welcome incentives, such as the immediate expending of business investment, but we don't expect any miracles on that front.

4. Coal Secretary Anil Swarup:

   This is Coal India's biggest technological overhaul, and its impact would be in billions of dollars, the whole shift towards supplying quality coal to customers further increases the use of technology to avoid pilferage.

5. Nicholas Alahverdian:

   Nicholas Alahverdian said, It's going to take willpower, energy and effective management to provide for the overhaul of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families