make over

Questions about make over

What does make over mean?

make over means "use again in altered form". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for make over?

Close synonyms include rework, retread, remake, refashion, redo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is make over a common word?

make over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.