| Main Entry: |
refurbish |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
spruce up |
Synonyms: |
clean up, do up, fix up, gussy up,
mend, modernize,
overhaul, recondition,
redo, reequip, refit,
refresh, rehab, rehabilitate,
rejuvenate, remodel,
renew,
renovate,
repair,
restore, retread,
revamp, set to rights, spruce,
update
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| Notes: |
refurbish means to 'clean up again,' refurnish means 'to provide with new furnishings,' redecorate means 'to add new decoration(s),' and renovate means 'renew or restore to as as-new condition' |
Antonyms: |
destroy, ruin
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