Improve Synonyms and Antonyms
ĭm-pro͝ov'
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Synonyms for Improve
(Computers) To replace (a software program) with a more recently released, enhanced version.
Enhance is defined as to make something better or improve the condition of something.
To seek to develop familiarity with; give one's attention to; pursue
To grow better.
To improve one's conduct
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(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
To revise is to reconsider or change something.
To speak to or communicate with (someone) in order to point out a mistake or error.
To make better; improve; reform; set right
To make scholarly corrections or improvements in (a text)
(Intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
To acquire something usually over a period of time.
To give or get an extension of
To rid of impurities or pollution
To prepare (an author's works, journals, letters, etc.) for publication, by selection, arrangement, and annotation
To educate in matters of culture and refinement; make more polished or sophisticated.
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To form and develop (one's taste, etc.)
make strides
To become better
To obtain a profit or advantage; benefit:
To a greater extent or degree:
gain strength
To become better
grow better
To become better
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To become better
(Idiomatic) To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
The definition of convalesce is to recover gradually from sickness or injury.
To become more lively or enthusiastic or upright.
To come together for a common purpose, esp. to assist or support a cause, person, etc.
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A rewriting of a deed or contract that does not express what was actually agreed upon, only when it can be demonstrated in a clear and convincing manner that a mutual mistake was made. There will be no rewriting if the mistake was made by one party only, unless it was caused by the other party’s fraud. Reformation is considered to be an equitable remedy.
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
To ornament (fabric) with a design using special decorative stitches
(Math.) To change (an algebraic expression or equation) to a different form having the same value
To bring up to date; make conform to or aware of the most recent facts, methods, ideas, etc.
Create or maintain a landscape.
To use precise distinctions and subtlety in thought or speech.
Revamp is to repair, restore or give something old a new appearance or a new life.
The definition of an improvement is an increase in value, condition or quality.
Polish is defined as to rub until smooth and shiny, use a substance or wax on a surface to make it glossy, or to improve the condition.
set right
To make better
give a good going over
To make better
Producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous:
Favorable to health; wholesome:
(Archaic) To build; establish
To reform spiritually or morally:
To fit (a worn automotive tire) with a new tread.
To make the repairs, adjustments, etc. needed to restore (a motor, etc.) to good working order
To kill and preserve a tissue specimen rapidly to retain as nearly as possible the characteristics it had in the living body.
To increase the concentration of, separate, or purify by or as if by distillation.
change for the better
To make better
be the making of
To make better
To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
To develop, advance, or improve:
show improvement
To become better
(Idiomatic) to become farther from another traveling the same course.
To increase in size and develop toward maturity, as a plant or animal does by assimilating food
To make a gain or profit.
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
To make or become mellow.
To evolve toward or reach full development:
(Intransitive, followed by "with") To accompany
The phrase come on is when someone encourages you to do something to which you have said no.
take a new lease on life
To become better
(Computers) To increase the computing speed and efficiency of (a program), as by rewriting instructions.
Reclaim is to take back something, or to find another purpose for waste or unusable material, or to rescue someone from a state of immorality.
To set right; correct:
To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate.
(Intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.
To raise to a higher moral, social, or cultural level or condition
To consume, expend, or exhaust by use
To utilize is to make use of something or to find a practical purpose for something.
To become larger; increase in size, extent, etc.; expand
give color to
To make better
To organize something again, or in a different manner
To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
get-better
(Idiomatic) To recover from illness or other incapacitation.
To become better
Able to repair or ameliorate.
Getting better
The definition of an enhancement is an add-on or improvement that makes something better.
Garnish is defined as to add decorative items to something or to withhold wages to satisfy a legal order to repay a debt.
To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.
(Idiomatic) To repair a relationship; to make up; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.
To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects; put into a better form or condition:
The act of making better.
Antonyms for Improve
To make or become weak or weaker
(Intransitive) To become worse; to get worse; to deteriorate.
To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
To cause damage to; impair:
To lower in importance, value, esteem, etc.
Deteriorate is defined as to make or become worse or lower in value or quality.
To cause physical damage to (something); harm:
The definition of harm is to hurt or damage something.
Words Related to Improve
To cause to be different:
To repair is defined as to fix something.
To regain one's health
To change so as to fit, conform, make suitable, etc.
Synonym Study
- Ameliorate implies improving to some degree a condition that is bad, oppressive, or intolerable to begin with to ameliorate the lot of the poor
- Improve and better both imply a correcting or advancing of something that is not in itself necessarily bad, the former by supplying a lack or want to improve a method and the latter by seeking something more satisfying he's left his job to better himself
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