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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1. Eric Schmitt:

   Aggregating the Vehicle Stops Report is an important duty of my office, and it serves as a tool to law enforcement and agencies alike to identify disparities and improve practices, it's my hope that this report will help provide that Missourians are receiving the best possible protection under the law from law enforcement, who work and sacrifice every day to ensure our safety.

2. Ashwani Lohani:

   The service and the on-time performance have to improve.

3. Omar Jabara:

   Newmont receives expressions of interest in our assets from time to time, and consistent with our goal to improve our portfolio and balance sheet, we may consider proposals to acquire our assets, to date, no discussions related to our assets in Indonesia have met all of our sales criteria, which include fully committed funding representing fair value.

4. Ricardo Salles:

   Everything we're hearing is that we need to improve efficiency and the model of doing business. There's consensus that it needs to change, having a body that has around 100 members is completely unproductive.

5. Dawn Holman:

   For those who think back on their childhood and early adulthood and say,' Oh, I already got damaged ; what's the point ?' we know that even starting today could still make a difference and could improve your skin health.