revamp
Meanings
Plural: revamps
Verb
- to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
- "They revamped their old house before selling it"
- provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
- "revamp my old boots"
- To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
Noun
- An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision.
Origin / Etymology
The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Synonyms
ameliorate, amend, aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English (chiefly Portuguese)), batten, better, correct, enhance, fix, fix up, get better, hone, improve, kludge, look up, make whole, meliorate, mend, newvamp, overhaul, patch, put to rights, recoct, rectify, refine, reform, refurbish, remediate, remedy, renew, renovate, restore, restrive, revamp, revampment, vamp
Scrabble Score: 13
revamp is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordrevamp is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
revamp is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary