refresh

Meaning

Verb

1. To renew or revitalize.
2. To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
3. To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
4. To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
5. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
6. (colloquial) To take refreshment; to eat or drink.

Noun

1. The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
2. The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
3. The process of modernizing something.

Synonyms

renew

freshen

invigorate

revive

freshen up

renovate

refreshen

strengthen

recreate

update

restore

revitalize

cool

🆒

encourage

purify

stimulate

brush up

animate

replenish

rest

refresher

review

enliven

vitalize

clear away

give encouragement

recover

recruit

clean

recreant

recuperate

refine

refreshment

refurbish

regeneration

regrowth

reincarnation

reinvigorate

rejuvenate

rejuvenated

remind

renewal

renovation

repair

replacement

resuscitate

retouch

retrofit

revivify

satisfy

top off

updating

vivify

air out

pep up

return to life

treat well

cleanse ritually

resuscitation

make feel refreshed

replacement and maintenance

attract

bedew

bless

build up

charm

clear

cool down

cool off

coward

diffuse

dispel

fan

fascinate

fortify

fresh

furbish

ginger up

improve

liven

narrow escape

nourish

oneself

playback

please

quench

reanimate

rebirth

reclamation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹiˈfɹɛʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: refreshen

Cognate with French: rafraîchir

In summary

From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh.