Synonyms of rework

rework

verb

(ˌ)rē-ˈwərk 

1

as in to modify

to make different in some way

the sculptor reworked the clay into another shape

Synonyms & Similar Words

• modify
• remodel
• change
• alter
• revise
• transform
• remake
• recast
• redo
• refashion
• revamp
• vary
• deform
• make over
• revolutionize
• mutate
• metamorphose
• transmute
• exchange
• transfigure
• retool
• convert
• commute
• regenerate
• rejigger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set
• fix
• stabilize
• freeze

2

as in to edit

to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating

the magazine will publish your poem if you rework it so that it's a little shorter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• edit
• revise
• read
• redraft
• revamp
• print
• publish
• amend
• compile
• polish
• rectify
• perfect
• correct
• reedit
• annotate
• issue
• touch up
• emend
• copyedit
• sub
• subedit
• redact
• abridge
• blue-pencil
• get out
• recopy
• anthologize
• collect
• fact-check
• engross
• red-pencil

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rework

Haskins initially played Principal Belding on Disney Channel show Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was reworked after one season and became Saved by the Bell. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026

Most companies already have established processes for deciding where to expand, allocating capital and evaluating new markets, and reworking those processes requires more than adding another tool. — Jeremy Barnett, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

La Cinquecento has comprehensively reworked the little Italian icon into something collectors will line up over. — New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

Composers of both classical and popular music study what came before them, absorbing and reworking earlier melodies, harmonies, rhythms, and techniques. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026