Another word for to improve

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

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

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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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

2. Chris Cabrera:

   It’s part of this culture, I think, where everyone’s just looking to get ahead so fast and so furiously that they forget to enjoy the ride, look for inflection points that they can improve their career, be a sponge, find mentors, things like that, we coach them to be patient, and we coach them that they’re winning, and we coach them to be a sponge and look for these inflections points.

3. Secretary Sylvia Burwell:

   As I travel the country, I consistently hear Americans say that they want Washington to build on the progress we have made to increase access to coverage, drive down the growth of health costs and improve the quality of care. Unfortunately, today’s partisan effort in the House of Representatives to repeal key parts of the ACA, along with its effective defunding of Planned Parenthood, does the opposite.

4. Deutsche Bank:

   As we said at the AGM on May 23, Deutsche Bank is working on measures to accelerate its transformation so as to improve its sustainable profitability. We will update all stakeholders if and when required.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   We should make sure that every police department in the country has body cameras to record interaction between offices on patrol and suspects, that will improve transparency and accountability it will help protect good people on both sides of the lens.

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• millorarCatalan, Valencian
• zlepšit se, vylepšit, zlepšitCzech
• gwellaWelsh
• sich verbessern, verbessernGerman
• βελτιώνομαι, βελτιώνωGreek
• plibonigiEsperanto
• mejorarSpanish
• hobetuBasque
• بهبود, بهبود یافتن, بهبود دادنPersian
• parantaa, parantuaFinnish
• s’améliorer, améliorer, amenderFrench
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• השתפרHebrew
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• meliorarInterlingua
• bonigarIdo
• fare migliorie, migliorare, stare meglio, perfezionareItalian
• 良くなる, 改良, 改善, 上達Japanese
• melius fio, melior fio, meliorem facioLatin
• verbeteren, beteren, beter makenDutch
• forbedre seg, forbedreNorwegian
• poprawić się, poprawić, ulepszać, polepszyć, poprawiać się, poprawiać, ulepszyć, polepszaćPolish
• melhorarPortuguese
• meglierarRomansh
• a se îmbunătăți, îmbunătățiRomanian
• улучшить, улучшаться, улучшать, улучшитьсяRussian
• pobòljšatiSerbo-Croatian
• izboljšatiSlovene
• përmirësojAlbanian
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• düzeltmekTurkish
• کو بہتر بنانے کےUrdu
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