revamp

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ vamp (“to apply a vamp/patch”, verb).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈvamp/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈvæmp/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -æmp

Verb

revamp (third-person singular simple present revamps, present participle revamping, simple past and past participle revamped)

(transitive) To renovate, revise, improve or renew; to patch.
They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:repair

Translations

to renovate, revise, improve or renew; to patch

Arabic: أَجَدَّ‎‎ (ʾajadda), أَحْيَا‎‎ (ʾaḥyā), اِسْتَجَدَّ‎‎ (istajadda), تَجَدَّدَ‎‎ (tajaddada), جَدَّدَ‎‎ (jaddada), حَدَّثَ‎‎ (ḥaddaṯa), عَصَّرَ‎‎ (ʿaṣṣara), نَقَّحَ‎‎ (naqqaḥa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 修補 (zh), 修补 (zh) (xiūbǔ), 修改 (zh) (xiūgǎi)
Dutch: verbeteren (nl)
Finnish: parannella (fi), rukata
French: reviser (fr), renouveler (fr), améliorer (fr)

German: umgestalten (de), aufpolieren, umarbeiten, ausbessern (de) (wiederherstellen)
Hungarian: kipofoz (hu), rendbehoz (hu), átalakít (hu)
Italian: revisionare
Occitan: renovelar, renovar, revisar, melhorar (oc)
Spanish: modernizar (es)
Turkish: yenilemek (tr), tâmir etmek

Synonyms

buff, improve, renovate

Antonyms

nerf, debuff, deteriorate

Noun

revamp (plural revamps)

A renovation, revision or improvement

Anagrams

vamper

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