renewal

1. 1.

   the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

   Synonymsreclamationrehabilitation

   Broaderrestoration

   Narrowerreforestationurban renewal
2. 2.

   the act of renewing

   Broaderrepetition

   Narrowerself-renewal
3. 3.

   filling again by supplying what has been used up

   Synonymsrefillingreplenishmentreplacement

   Broaderfilling

Other forms of renewal

plural

renewals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about renewal

What does renewal mean?

renewal means "the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in renewal?

renewal has 3 syllables: re-ne-wal. The stress falls on "ne". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈnuəl/.

What is another word for renewal?

Close synonyms include reclamation, rehabilitation, refilling, replenishment, replacement. 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 renewal a common word?

renewal is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.