Synonyms for improve
ɪmˈpruvim·prove

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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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. improve

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 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

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change State

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 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

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1. improveverb

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

2. improveverb

   Antonyms:
   deteriorate, decline, degenerate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "improve":

   improving, enhance, improvement, improved, enhancing, improvements, increase, better, upgrade, strengthen, ameliorate, enhancement, upgrading, refine, enhanced, raise, improves, increasing, raising, betterment, strengthening, boost, améliorer, advancement

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How to use improve in a sentence?

1. The Australian:

   First, it means the Norges Bank will buy 18 billion more NOK in February than in January, which adds a flow supportive argument to NOK after a week where the stagnating reflation theme weighed, secondly, the larger NOK buying pace will drain liquidity from the interbank market, which puts upward pressure on NOK FRA/OIS spreads. By extension, this will improve the carry case of a long NOK position.

2. Rich Hill -LRB- 6-8 -RRB-:

   I put that on myself with the walks, i don’t think that that puts us in a very good position. So, I’m just going to point the finger at myself and I think that’s what I will do every single time I fail. It’s not trying to look in another direction. You’ve got to look at yourself in the mirror and find out, hey, where did we fall short and how can we improve? That’s across the board.

3. Nicholas Green:

   What we need to see is demand improve and we're not seeing that, the fundamental story here is that we need to see demand come further up, but it's not going to come up for probably another 18 months and therefore the outlook for the drillers continues to be very tough.

4. Vodacom Group:

   In South Africa, LTE/4G coverage increased from 32.2 percent to 46.8 percent. We have already seen the customer experience improve significantly.

5. Vincent DeMarco:

   Nobody has done more to expand health care access and improve public health in Maryland than Speaker Mike Busch.