Synonyms for ameliorate
əˈmil yəˌreɪt, əˈmi li ə-ame·lio·rate

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1. ameliorate

   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, amend, better, cleanse, correct, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repair

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

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1. ameliorate

   Synonyms:
   improve, raise, better, advantage, promote, advance, amend, rectify, meliorate

   Antonyms:
   debase, depress, deteriorate, injure, impair, vitiate, spoil, mar

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1. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb

   to make better

   "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

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

2. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorateverb

   get better

   "The weather improved toward evening"

   Synonyms:
   better, meliorate, break, improve, amend

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1. • Change
   • Change State

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1. de-escalate

   to make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

   "the reform did much to ameliorate living standards"

   Submitted by anonymous on July 5, 2020  

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1. ameliorateverb

   Synonyms:
   improve, amend, mend, emend, better, meliorate, make better

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1. List of paraphrases for "ameliorate":

   improve, alleviate, improving, mitigate, relieve

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How to use ameliorate in a sentence?

1. David Nathan:

   Behavioral changes, including healthy eating and more activity can prevent, or at least ameliorate, the diabetes epidemic.

2. Sean Morales-Doyle:

   People on parole live and work in our cities and towns, and by automatically restoring their right to vote, New York is finally welcoming them as full participants in society. That's a crucial change, one that will ameliorate one of the vestiges of Jim Crow, due to the racial disparities in New York's criminal justice system, nearly three-quarters of those disenfranchised by the ban on voting for people on parole were Black or Latino.

3. Jesse Panuccio:

   While we cannot ameliorate the irreparable harm to the victims and their families, we hope that securing this guilty plea brings them some measure of closure.

4. Connie Neri-Jones:

   Teaching is a profession, not a charity, we have a huge shortage of qualified teachers, and increased funding could help ameliorate that demand.

5. Dhammika Wijayasinghe:

   Sri Lanka is showing the world that it is possible to conserve mangrove forests while also improving the lives of local people, restoring wildlife habitats, and helping to ameliorate climate change.