retool
verb
re·tool (ˌ)rē-ˈtül 
retooled; retooling; retools
transitive verb
1
: to reequip with tools
2
: reorganize
3
: revise, modify
intransitive verb
: to make especially minor changes or improvements
retool for the future
Example Sentences
The factory has been retooled. The company is retooling its sales strategies. The company is retooling for the future.
Recent Examples on the Web The Wildcats will have to retool on the fly this season with five of their top seven departing, including No. 1 runner Ella Bates. 
BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022 Is West Linn going to be able to retool in time for the 2022 season? oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2022 The legislation contains more serious hurdles that will force automakers to retool in a hurry. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2022 Democrats are proposing to expand cash incentives for buyers of electric vehicles, along with billions of dollars for automakers, battery manufacturers and suppliers to build or retool factories in the United States. New York Times, 29 July 2022 The Blazers flipped their roster upside down this season following a poor start in order to retool around Lillard in hopes of making a run at a championship before his prime comes to an end. oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022 The bill, which passed 51-50 on Sunday, sets aside more than $15 billion to retool factories and build new ones, according to industry groups. Mike Colias, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022 Figuring out how to retool the government’s response to problems like homelessness is, of course, not easy. David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022 Automakers are spending tens of billions of dollars to retool plants and are rushing to retrain workers for what may be the industry’s greatest transformation since Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing with the moving assembly line in 1913. New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022 See More
BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022 Is West Linn going to be able to retool in time for the 2022 season? oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2022 The legislation contains more serious hurdles that will force automakers to retool in a hurry. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2022 Democrats are proposing to expand cash incentives for buyers of electric vehicles, along with billions of dollars for automakers, battery manufacturers and suppliers to build or retool factories in the United States. New York Times, 29 July 2022 The Blazers flipped their roster upside down this season following a poor start in order to retool around Lillard in hopes of making a run at a championship before his prime comes to an end. oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022 The bill, which passed 51-50 on Sunday, sets aside more than $15 billion to retool factories and build new ones, according to industry groups. Mike Colias, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022 Figuring out how to retool the government’s response to problems like homelessness is, of course, not easy. David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022 Automakers are spending tens of billions of dollars to retool plants and are rushing to retrain workers for what may be the industry’s greatest transformation since Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing with the moving assembly line in 1913. New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
retool
verb
as in to rejigger
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- rejigger
- transform
- revolutionize
- exchange
- transfigure
- commute
- transmute
- recast
- deform
- mutate
- metamorphose
- rework
- revise
- modify
- regenerate
- alter
- convert
- remodel
- refashion
- revamp
- redo
- remake
- change
- vary
- make over
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- fix
- stabilize
- set
- freeze