What is another word for Improve?
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better
help, urge
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ameliorate
help, action
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meliorate
help, make or become better
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amend
help, action
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enhance
raise, increase
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refine
make better, action
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develop
get better, refine
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help
action, better
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recover
health, recuperate
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recuperate
health, gain
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get better
gain, recover
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raise
increase, enhance
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rally
recuperate, health
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boost
enhance, advance
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upgrade
help, enhance
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mend
health, enhance
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convalesce
health, recuperate
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advance
get better, activity
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increase
enhance, advance
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perfect
polish, mature
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pick up
raise, get better
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look up
gain, get better
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correct
action, better
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progress
get better, make or become better
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enrich
illuminate, boost
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cultivate
polish, evolve
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promote
urge, raise
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elevate
increase, boost
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make better
calibrate
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strengthen
recover, support
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rectify
better, make or become better
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reform
make or become better
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perk up
make better, make headway
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revive
recover, renew
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emend
better, fix
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polish
make better, make or become better
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augment
increase, boost
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update
renew
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civilize
polish
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revise
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1 advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, correct, face-lift, help, mend, polish, rectify, touch up, upgrade
2 develop, enhance, gain strength, increase, look up (informal) make strides, perk up, pick up, progress, rally, reform, rise, take a turn for the better (informal) take on a new lease of life (informal)
3 be on the mend, convalesce, gain ground, gain strength, grow better, make progress, mend, recover, recuperate, turn the corner
4 clean up one’s act (informal) get it together (informal) get one’s act together (informal) pull one’s socks up (Brit. informal) reform, shape up (informal) turn over a new leaf
Antonyms
1 damage, harm, impair, injure, mar, worsen
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
improve
( improves 3rd person present) ( improving present participle) ( improved past tense & past participle )
1 verb If something improves or if you improve it, it gets better.
Both the texture and condition of your hair should improve… V
Time won’t improve the situation… V n
2 verb If a skill you have improves or you improve a skill, you get better at it.
Their French has improved enormously… V
He said he was going to improve his football. V n
3 verb If you improve after an illness or an injury, your health gets better or you get stronger.
(=recover)
He had improved so much the doctor had cut his dosage. V
4 verb If you improveon a previous achievement of your own or of someone else, you achieve a better standard or result.
We need to improve on our performance against France. V on n
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes
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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, repairAntonyms:
aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate
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better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb
to make better
«The editor improved the manuscript with his changes»
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better, repair, remedy, amend, meliorate, remediate, break, ameliorate, rectify -
better, improve, ameliorate, meliorateverb
get better
«The weather improved toward evening»
Synonyms:
better, ameliorate, meliorate, break, amend
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improveverb
Synonyms:
amend, mend, better, meliorate, ameliorate, make better -
improveverb
Synonyms:
use, make use of, turn to account, avail one’s self of -
improveverb
Synonyms:
make a good use of, turn to good account, employ advantageously, make productive -
improveverb
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apply practically (as the doctrines of a discourse) -
improveverb
Synonyms:
mend, become better, get better, get on, gain ground, pick up -
improveverb
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make progress, take a step forward -
improveverb
Synonyms:
(Com.) increase, rise, be enhanced
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improveverb
Synonyms:
amend, ameliorate, rectify, better, mend, utilize, use, gain, get better -
improveverb
Antonyms:
deteriorate, decline, degenerate
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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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Linda Fried:
Seventy percent of cancers could be prevented if we can get people to stop smoking and improve their diets, and there’s clear evidence that a substantial portion of strokes and coronary heart disease can be avoided by blood pressure screening.
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Ralph Erskine:
The job of buildings is to improve human relations architecture must ease them, not make them worse.
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Harvard College:
Over the last few weeks, students and staff have continued to communicate concerns about the climate in Winthrop House to the college, the concerns expressed have been serious and numerous. The actions that have been taken to improve the climate have been ineffective, and the noticeable lack of faculty dean presence during critical moments has further deteriorated the climate in the house.
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Sandile Sean Mntla:
When it comes to love
Words don’t mean anything
Said or unsaid they don’t define anyone
It’s what we act out that tells our stories
Portrays our thoughts and emotions
Sings our song and plays our music
Evidently we’ve all got to improve
But if it’s with the right plus 1
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Thomas Perreaux-Forest:
For the moment we are focusing on established artists, but a bit of what we do is to help the local scene and raise the level, it’s good to visit a gallery to meet experienced artists, to improve your style and work, and that’s what I believe is needed here.
Translations for improve
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- verbeterAfrikaans
- تحسن, حسنArabic
- подобрявам, подобрявам се, усъвършенствамBulgarian
- 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
- leasaighIrish
- mellorarGalician
- השתפרHebrew
- सुधारेंHindi
- javul, megjavul, tökéletesít, javítHungarian
- բարելավել, կատարելագործել, լավացնել, բարելավվել, լավանալArmenian
- 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
- bli bättre, förbättraSwedish
- boreshaSwahili
- düzeltmekTurkish
- کو بہتر بنانے کےUrdu
- cải tiến, cải thiệnVietnamese
- gudikumön, gudükumönVolapük
- פֿאַרבעסערןYiddish
- 提高Chinese
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Phrases with Improve
Things Improve often describes
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improve condition
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improve bugs
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improve complaints
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improve engines
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improve call
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improve cassette
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improve alchemy
How Improve often is described
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overly improve
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better improve
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last improve
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rusty improve
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holy improve
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sniveling improve
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incomprehensible improve
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mental improve
Improve is the last word in phrase
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succeed improve
- advance
- better
- boost
- correct
- develop
- enhance
- help
- increase
- lift
- progress
- promote
- raise
- recover
- reform
- revamp
- revise
- rise
- upgrade
- ameliorate
- amend
- augment
- civilize
- convalesce
- cultivate
- edit
- elevate
- emend
- meliorate
- mend
- polish
- purify
- rally
- rectify
- recuperate
- refine
- sharpen
- skyrocket
- update
- come around
- doctor up
- gain ground
- look up
- make strides
- perk up
- pick up
- set right
- shape up
- straighten out
- take off
- touch up
- turn the corner
On this page you’ll find 182 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to improve, such as: advance, better, boost, correct, develop, and enhance.
antonyms for improve
- blow
- decline
- decrease
- demote
- depress
- descend
- deteriorate
- diminish
- drop
- halt
- hinder
- hurt
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- recede
- reduce
- repress
- retreat
- retrogress
- stop
- worsen
- corrupt
- damage
- destroy
- dirty
- dull
- pollute
- ruin
- weaken
- harm
- injure
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The verb improve usually implies remedying a lack or a felt need: to improve a process, oneself (as by gaining more knowledge). The more formal verb, ameliorate, implies improving oppressive, unjust, or difficult conditions: to ameliorate working conditions. To better is to improve conditions which, though not bad, are unsatisfying: to better an attempt, oneself (as by gaining a higher salary).
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Five hundred of our fighting men are running to and fro between cliffs and sea carrying stones wherewith to improve our pier.
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WORDS RELATED TO IMPROVE
- align
- balance
- bring into line
- calibrate
- connect
- correct
- fine-tune
- fit
- fix
- focus
- grind
- improve
- improve accommodate
- mend
- overhaul
- polish
- put in working order
- readjust
- rectify
- regulate
- renovate
- repair
- service
- set
- sharpen
- square
- tighten
- troubleshoot
- tune up
- acclimatizes
- accommodates
- accustoms
- adapts
- alters
- arranges
- composes
- conforms
- disposes
- doctors
- does as Romans does
- fiddles with
- fine-tunes
- fits
- fixes
- fixes up
- gets acts together
- gets it together
- grins and bears it
- habituates
- harmonizes
- makes conform
- modifies
- orders
- quadrates
- reconciles
- rectifies
- redresses
- regulates
- remodels
- settles
- suits
- swims with the tide
- tailor-makes
- tailors
- tunes
- boost
- break the bank
- develop
- elevate
- enlarge
- get fat
- get rich
- grade
- grow
- hit pay dirt
- hit the jackpot
- improve
- magnify
- make a killing
- make out
- multiply
- pan out
- prefer
- prosper
- raise
- strike gold
- strike it rich
- thrive
- up
- upgrade
- uplift
- accelerates
- achieves
- brings forward
- comes forward
- conquers
- continues ahead
- continues on
- dispatches
- drives
- elevates
- forges ahead
- gains ground
- gets ahead
- gets green light
- gets there
- gets with it
- goes ahead
- goes forth
- goes forward
- goes great guns
- goes places
- goes to town
- hastens
- launches
- makes headway
- makes the scene
- marches
- moves on
- moves onward
- moves up
- press on
- proceeds
- progresses
- promotes
- propels
- pushes ahead
- pushes on
- quickens
- sends forward
- skyrockets
- speeds
- steps forward
- storms
- alleviate
- amend
- help
- improve
- lighten
- meliorate
- mitigate
- relieve
- step up
- upgrade
- enhance
- gain
- grow
- improve
- inflate
- raise the value of
- rise
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