Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb regenerate
9 senses of regenerate
Sense 1
regenerate, renew -- (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership")
=> re-create -- (create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale")
Sense 2
regenerate -- (amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit)
=> increase -- (make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted")
Sense 3
reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify -- (bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct")
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
Sense 4
regenerate, restore, rejuvenate -- (return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me")
=> regenerate, renew -- (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership")
Sense 5
regenerate -- (replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue; "The snake regenerated its tail")
=> re-create -- (create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale")
Sense 6
regenerate -- (be formed or shaped anew)
=> form, take form, take shape, spring -- (develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape")
Sense 7
regenerate -- (form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred")
=> make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")
Sense 8
regenerate -- (undergo regeneration)
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Sense 9
regenerate, revitalize -- (restore strength; "This food revitalized the patient")
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate -- (to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes")
Similarity of adj regenerating
1 sense of regenerating
Sense 1
regenerating -- (that are generating anew; "regenerating fibers")
Participle of verb regenerate (Sense 7)
=> regenerate -- (form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred")
=> make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")