Synonyms for amend
əˈmɛndamend

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. amend

   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, 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. amend

   Synonyms:
   improve, mend, repair, correct, rectify, better, ameliorate, reform

   Antonyms:
   deteriorate, degenerate, neglect, aggravate, tarnish, blemish, spoil, corrupt, vitiate, impair, mar

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amendverb

   make amendments to

   "amend the document"

   Synonyms:
   better, improve, repair, remedy, meliorate, remediate, ameliorate, rectify

2. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb

   to make better

   "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

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

3. rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amendverb

   set straight or right

   "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

   Synonyms:
   right, reform, compensate, revivify, remediate, recompense, fix, bushel, reanimate, mend, vivify, renovate, improve, correct, quicken, regenerate, reclaim, resort, restore, ameliorate, relieve, rectify, touch on, recreate, remedy, refine, repair, animate, better, furbish up, meliorate, revive, doctor, indemnify

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Correct
   • Revise

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amendverb

   Synonyms:
   improve, mend, emend, correct, rectify, reform, AMELIORATE

2. amendverb

   Synonyms:
   improve, mend, become better

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1. List of paraphrases for "amend":

   modify, amending, alter, change, amendment, modifying, amended, revise, modification, altering, changing, vary, amendments, amends, adjust, modified, modifies, edit, revised, changes, changed, replace, revision

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1. Wolfango Piccoli:

   Davutoglu's likely early exit as party leader and PM constitutes another episode that show that Erdogan's dominance over the AKP and the executive is absolute and unchallenged, in the short term policy paralysis will prevail and then, once a new party leader is elected, a more incisive effort to amend the constitution could ensue.

2. Jatuporn Prompan:

   If the public does not agree, we have to amend the constitution, even if it means wasting another year or two, it is better than moving forward to where problems will be waiting.

3. Gianluca Cattaneo:

   If convicted, he faces a minimum of 21 years in prison. Meanwhile, Cattaneo and his supporters are arguing that the chef acted in self-defense. A friend of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, is even arranging to pay for Cattaneo’s legal bills. Another group, led by Italian politician Matteo Salvini, is calling for lawmakers to amend self-defense laws in response to the incident. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS A dead man is never good news, but the Italian citizens stand by Mario Cattaneo, Salvini wrote in a tweet on Sunday. No judge can convict him. Cattaneo was reportedly re-opened on Sunday, but his son says the family is still reeling from the incident. We've re-opened, because one needs to start over, go forward, but our morale is very low.

4. Mufleh Aqel:

   I believe they have time to amend the law, to withdraw the law and make a new one that is more of a middle ground between the public demands and what the government wants.

5. Alex Hinson:

   The applicant has asked us to amend both permits to reflect a December 2019 start date, and it should be coming out in the coming weeks.