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Synonyms for improve
ɪmˈpruvim·prove

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Wiktionary2.7 / 9 votes

  1. improveverb

    to make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something)

    Synonyms:
    batten, better, enhance, ameliorate

  2. improveverb

    to become better

    Synonyms:
    ameliorate, enhance, better, batten

    Antonyms:
    worsen

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 2 votes

  1. improve

    To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. Advance, better, and improve may refer either to what is quite imperfect or to what has reached a high degree of excellence; we advance the kingdom of God, improve the minds of our children, better the morals of the people. But for matters below the point of ordinary approval we seldom use these words; we do not speak of bettering a wretched alley, or improving a foul sewer. There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words. We correct evils, reform abuses, rectify incidental conditions of evil or error; we ameliorate poverty and misery, which we can not wholly remove. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective. A text, writing, or statement is amended by the author or by some adequate authority; it is often emended by conjecture. A motion is amended by the mover or by the assembly; a constitution is amended by the people; an ancient text is emended by a critic who believes that what seems to him the better reading is what the author wrote. Compare ALLEVIATE.

    Synonyms:
    advance, ameliorate, amend, better, cleanse, correct, emend, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repair

    Antonyms:
    aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. improve

    Synonyms:
    better, amend, ameliorate, emend, correct, mend, rectify, reform

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb

    to make better

    "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

    Synonyms:
    better, repair, remedy, amend, meliorate, remediate, break, ameliorate, rectify

  2. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorateverb

    get better

    "The weather improved toward evening"

    Synonyms:
    better, ameliorate, meliorate, break, amend

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Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 1 vote

  1. improveverb

    Synonyms:
    amend, mend, better, meliorate, ameliorate, make better

  2. improveverb

    Synonyms:
    use, make use of, turn to account, avail one's self of

  3. improveverb

    Synonyms:
    make a good use of, turn to good account, employ advantageously, make productive

  4. improveverb

    Synonyms:
    apply practically (as the doctrines of a discourse)

  5. improveverb

    Synonyms:
    mend, become better, get better, get on, gain ground, pick up

  6. improveverb

    Synonyms:
    make progress, take a step forward

  7. improveverb

    Synonyms:
    (Com.) increase, rise, be enhanced

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. improveverb

    Synonyms:
    amend, ameliorate, rectify, better, mend, utilize, use, gain, get better

  2. improveverb

    Antonyms:
    deteriorate, decline, degenerate

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How to use improve in a sentence?

  1. Donggi Senoro:

    Production outlook to the year end may be lower than 43 cargoes, we will continue to monitor price, which may improve toward the winter time.

  2. John Williams:

    Really positive data trends, improvement in the labor market, signs that improve the confidence and the expectation that inflation will move back to 2 percent - I mean could imagine that constellation of data coming in, whether before June or meetings right after that too, but that would require the data to be good.

  3. Nitin Gadkari:

    When we tried to implement corporatisation of ports, the trade unions raised objections. Some political parties tried to make mileage out of it, disregarding national interest and development, we have decided that instead of making them corporate bodies, we will change existing laws, and see what else we can do in other areas to improve efficiency.

  4. Grace Desimone:

    Measure your heart rate, race against others in the class, improve your jump height, your spring, your tennis serve. You name it, there is a specialized program for it.

  5. Filip Bergquist:

    What we are hoping for with this device is to find a treatment for movement disorders where Levodopa, Parkinson's disease where Levodopa is not enough. And in particular in patients with Parkinson's disease where there is problem with gait and balance. But this may not be restricted to Parkinson's disease, so there may be other conditions with poor balance where you could use electrical stimulation of the vestibular organs, the balance organs to improve balance and gait.


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