| Main Entry: | amelioration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement |
Synonyms: |
advance, advancement, betterment, enrichment, melioration, progress, refinement, reform, revision, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, progress in development |
Synonyms: |
advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break*, breakthrough, buildup, development, enrichment, furtherance, gain, go-ahead, growth, headway, increase, progress, promotion, rise, step, up, upgrade, upping |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
Antonyms: |
block, failure, impediment, recession, stagnation |
| Main Entry: | advancement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion, progress |
Synonyms: |
advance, amelioration, betterment, elevation, gain, growth, headway, improvement, preference, preferment, prelation, rise, upgrading |
Antonyms: |
cessation, decline, descent, downfall, regression, retreat, retrogression, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | amendment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correction, improvement |
Synonyms: |
alteration, amelioration, betterment, change, correction, enhancement, improvement, mending, modification, rectification, reform, reformation, remedy, repair, revision |
Antonyms: |
worsening |
| Main Entry: | betterment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement |
Synonyms: |
advancement, amelioration, mastery, melioration, progress, prosperity, upgrading |
Antonyms: |
deterioration, impairment, unhealthiness, worsening |
| Main Entry: | correction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adjustment; fixing |
Synonyms: |
alteration, amelioration, amending, amendment, changing, editing, emendation, improvement, indemnification, mending, modification, rectification, redress, reexamination, remodeling, repair, reparation, rereading, revisal, revising, righting |
Antonyms: |
blunder, goof, mistake |
| Main Entry: | improvement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bettering; something bettered |
Synonyms: |
advance, advancement, amelioration, amendment, augmentation, betterment, change, civilization, correction, cultivation, development, elevation, enhancement, enrichment, furtherance, gain, growth, increase, meliorism, preferment, progress, progression, promotion, rally, reclamation, recovery, rectification, reformation, regeneration, renovation, revision, rise, upbeat, upgrade, upswing |
Antonyms: |
damage, decline, decrease, diminishing, harm, hurt, injury, weakening, worsening |
| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement, gain |
Synonyms: |
advance, amelioration, anabasis, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, course, dash, development, evolution, evolvement, expedition, flowering, growth, headway, hike, impetus, improvement, increase, journey, lunge, march, momentum, motion, movement, ongoing, pace, passage, process, procession, proficiency, progression, promotion, rate, rise, step forward, stride, tour, unfolding, voyage, way |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, deterioration, retreat, retrogression |
| Main Entry: | progression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | progress |
Synonyms: |
advance, advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, development, evolution, evolvement, forward march, furtherance, getting ahead, giant strides, going forward, growth, headway, improvement, promotion, step forward |
| Main Entry: | relief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remedy, aid; relaxation |
Synonyms: |
abatement, allayment, alleviation, amelioration, appeasement, assistance, assuagement, balm, break, breather, cheer, comfort, comforting, consolation, contentment, cure, deliverance, diversion, ease, easement, extrication, fix, hand, happiness, help, letup, lift, lightening, load off one's mind, maintenance, mitigation, mollification, palliative, quick fix, refreshment, release, remission, reprieve, respite, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, softening, solace, succor, support, sustenance |
Antonyms: |
damage, hurt, injury, pain |