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remodel

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of remodeling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: remodeling

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To change the appearance, layout, or furnishings of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

do over, as of (part of) a house

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We are remodeling these rooms

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reconstruct, redo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

4

verb

Meaning 4

cast or model anew

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recast, reforge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: remake, refashion, redo, make over

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model English remodel From re- + model.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: реконструи́рам (rekonstruíram) — to change appearance of
  • Catalan: remodelar — to change appearance of
  • Finnish: remontoida — to change appearance of
  • Finnish: rempata — to change appearance of
  • French: remodeler — to change appearance of
  • Galician: remodelar — to change appearance of
  • German: umbilden — to change appearance of
  • German: umgestalten — to change appearance of
  • Hungarian: átalakít — to change appearance of
  • Hungarian: átdolgoz — to change appearance of
  • Hungarian: átformál — to change appearance of
  • Hungarian: átépít — to change appearance of
  • Italian: rimodellare — to change appearance of
  • Latin: remodellō — to change appearance of
  • Polish: remontować — to change appearance of
  • Portuguese: remodelar — to change appearance of
  • Romanian: remodela — to change appearance of
  • Russian: переде́лать (peredélatʹ) — to change appearance of
  • Russian: реконструи́ровать (rekonstruírovatʹ) — to change appearance of
  • Russian: переобору́довать (pereoborúdovatʹ) — to change appearance of
  • Spanish: remodelar — to change appearance of
  • Spanish: reformar — to change appearance of