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 Breakfast:

   I want to be a better singer, i still want to write better songs. I want to make better albums. I want to improve. That’s plenty of motivation right there.

2. Nicholas Schmidt:

   There was a sense of hope with him, a lot of people went back (to Argentina) and worked in government, people wanted to stay and felt things were going to improve significantly going forward.

3. Marc Poulin:

   Our study showed that six months' worth of vigorous exercise may pump blood to regions of the brain that specifically improve your verbal skills as well as memory and mental sharpness.

4. Hosni Mubarak:

   China supports Egypt's efforts to maintain stability, develop the economy and improve livelihoods, and supports Egypt to play an even greater role in international and regional affairs.

5. Mark Rosekind:

   Fiat Chrysler's pattern of poor performance put millions of its customers and the driving public at risk, this action will provide relief to owners of defective vehicles, will help improve recall performance throughout the auto industry, and gives Fiat Chrysler the opportunity to embrace a proactive safety culture.