adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of modernize form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Reformist; tending to modernize.

   "In these early stages of political modernization, the military officers play a highly modernizing and progressive role."

Synonyms

All synonyms

bringdevelopimprovemake up to datemoderniseoverhaul

Example

More examples

"Algeria is modernizing its airports."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.