Synonyms for improvement
ɪmˈpruv mənt

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1. improvement, betterment, advance(noun)

   a change for the better; progress in development

   Synonyms:
   progress, amelioration, forward motion, procession, advance, advancement, feeler, melioration, approach, cash advance, overture, rise, progression, onward motion, betterment

   Antonyms:
   declination, decline

2. improvement(noun)

   the act of improving something

   "their improvements increased the value of the property"

   Synonyms:
   melioration, betterment, advance

   Antonyms:
   declination, decline

3. improvement, melioration(noun)

   a condition superior to an earlier condition

   "the new school represents a great improvement"

   Synonyms:
   amelioration, melioration, betterment, advance

   Antonyms:
   declination, decline

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1. improvement

   The returns or receipts include all that is received from an outlay or investment; the profit is the excess (if any) of the receipts over the outlay; hence, in government, morals, etc., the profit is what is really good, helpful, useful, valuable. Utility is chiefly used in the sense of some immediate or personal and generally some material good. Advantage is that which gives one a vantage-ground, either for coping with competitors or with difficulties, needs, or demands; as to have the advantage of a good education; it is frequently used of what one has beyond another or secures at the expense of another; as, to have the advantage of another in an argument, or to take advantage of another in a bargain. Gain is what one secures beyond what he previously possessed. Benefit is anything that does one good. Emolument is profit, return, or value accruing through official position. Expediency has respect to profit or advantage, real or supposed, considered apart from or perhaps in opposition to right, in actions having a moral character. Compare UTILITY.

   Synonyms:
   advantage, avail, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, returns, service, usefulness, utility, value

   Antonyms:
   damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, waste

   Preposition:
   The profit of labor; on capital; in business.

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1. improvement

   Synonyms:
   advancement, amendment, progress, increase, correction, proficiency

   Antonyms:
   degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration, debasement, retrogradation, retrogression

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1. improvement(n.)

   Synonyms:
   amendment, melioration, amelioration, betterment, progress, proficiency, advancement

2. improvement(n.)

   Synonyms:
   good use, beneficial employment

3. improvement(n.)

   Synonyms:
   practical application (as of a doctrine)

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1. improvement(n)

   Synonyms:
   betterment, amelioration, meliorism, utilization

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1. List of paraphrases:

   improving, improvements, improve, improved, enhancement, upgrading, enhancing, improves, enhancements, betterment, enhance, better, enhances, refinement, enhanced, amelioration, upgrade, 'amélioration, progress, increase, verbesserung, advancement

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