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Main Entry: betterment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: improvement

Synonyms:

advancement, amelioration, mastery, melioration, progress, prosperity, upgrading

Antonyms:

deterioration, impairment, unhealthiness, worsening
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Main Entry: betterment
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
all the better for, aright, better, better advised, better for, better off, corrigible, emendatory, improvable, improved, improving, progressive, reformatory, remedial, reparatory
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: amenity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pleasant thing

Synonyms:

advantage, betterment, comfort, convenience, enhancement, enrichment, excellence, extravagance, facility, frill, improvement, luxury, merit, quality, service, superfluity, virtue

Antonyms:

abomination, inconvenience
Main Entry: benefit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: advantage, profit

Synonyms:

account, aid, asset, assistance, avail, benediction, betterment, blessing, boon, cream*, egg in one's beer, extras, favor, gain, godsend, good, gravy, help, interest, perk*, profit, prosperity, use, welfare, worth

Antonyms:

disadvantage, handicap, harm, hindrance, hurt, loss, misfortune
Main Entry: edification
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: improvement, education

Synonyms:

betterment, elevation, elucidation, enhancement, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, information, instruction, irradiation, knowledge, learning, nurture, schooling, teaching, tuition, uplifting

Antonyms:

destruction, worsening
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
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