MAKING OVER Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

making over

verb

present participle of make over

as in transforming

to change in form, appearance, or use the old factory was completely made over and is now an upscale shopping center

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as in ceding

to give over the legal possession or ownership of made the deed over to his daughter

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expropriating

as in remodeling

to make different in some way just got up one day and decided to make over her hairstyle and her appearance in general

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Recent Examples of making over The Army is trying to reverse that reputation by making over a select number of dining halls with tasty, nutritious meals. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026 Sacramento could get under the first apron and tax moving on from DeRozan, but would lack real flexibility without being able to move on from LaVine or Sabonis, the latter of whom is making over $94 million combined over the next two seasons. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026 Even those who have been considered rich for making over $100,000 are resorting to penny-pinching habits. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 June 2026 Among shoppers making over $150,000, adoption rose to just under 13%. — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 1 June 2026 As smaller and mid-sized farms continue to decline, large-scale farms making over $1 million have increased. — Mikayla Price, CBS News, 18 May 2026 Those making over $1 million would pay a greater share to increase funding for public services and invest in housing, education and infrastructure. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 For Notre Dame, this is one of the benefits of taking single-digit transfers each cycle as opposed to making over half the roster. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 7 May 2026 And Van Wagoner doesn’t want humans to be forgotten in the rush to automate and turn decision-making over to machines. — Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026

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Verb

New York — Artificial intelligence is a game-changing technology that’s already transforming how the world lives and works.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Playing a key role in that push is Qatar’s Ooredoo Group, which has been steadily transforming itself from a traditional telco into a digital infrastructure provider over the last three years.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of transforming

Verb

However, a dangerous push to cut these crucial programs, especially in Africa, risks repeating past errors and ceding influence to competitors.

— James K. Glassman, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
The Russia sanctions bill merely marks the latest instance of the legislative branch ceding trade authority to the executive branch.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of ceding

Verb

The teams who equipped a workforce instead of remodeling a house.

— Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The Fox was taken over by a consortium of filmmakers led by Jason Reitman, who is working on remodeling the venue and has opened it to screenings this summer in advance of the remodeling as the Director’s Village.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 July 2026

Definition of remodeling

Verb

The issue for the Heat is spacing, not necessarily 3-point shooting, of which the Heat have many players capable of converting.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
That’s converting a loss into an erasure, and erasures are much cheaper to correct than silent errors.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of converting

Verb

He was rushed to Luton and Dunstable Hospital, where doctors restarted his heart before transferring him to the Royal Brompton Hospital in London for specialist care.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
These refillable travel atomizers solve all three problems by transferring your favorite scent into a slim, TSA-friendly bottle that barely takes up any room.

— Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of transferring

Verb

Disney says no benefits are being cut because the unit organized in 2024 and the talks are setting first-contract terms rather than modifying an existing agreement.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
This matters because nephrology as a specialty has had very few genuinely disease-modifying options for diabetic kidney disease.

— Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of modifying

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