| 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 |
| Concept: | Improvement. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
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-nouns
improvement; amelioration, melioration; betterment; mend, amendment, emendation; mending; advancement; advance (progress); ascent; promotion, preferment; elevation; increase; cultivation, civilization; culture, march of intellect; menticulture; race-culture, eugenics., reform, reformation; revision, radical reform; second thoughts, correction, limoe labor, refinement, elaboration; purification; oxidation; repair (restoration); recovery., revise, new edition., reformer, radical.
-verbs
improve; be better, become better, get better; mend, amend., advance (progress); ascend; increase; fructify, ripen, mature; pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn; turn over a new leaf, turn the corner; raise one's head, sow one's wild oats; recover., be better, be improved by; turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account; profit by, reap the benefit of; make good use of, make capital out of; place to good account., render better, improve, mend, amend, better; ameliorate, meliorate; correct; decrassify., improve upon, refine upon; rectify; enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten., promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance; bring forward, bring on; foster; invigorate (strengthen)., touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up; polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage; prune; repair (restore); put in order (arrange)., review, revise; make corrections, make improvements; doctor (remedy); purify., relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit., reform, remodel, reorganize; new model., view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip, drunk to Philip sober., palliate, mitigate; lessen an evil.
-adjectives
improving; progressive, improved; better, better off, better for; all the better for; better advised., reformatory, emendatory; reparatory (restorative); remedial., corrigible, improvable; accultural.
-adverbs
on consideration, on reconsideration, on second thoughts, on better advice; ad melius inquirendum.
-phrases
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Antonyms: |
deterioration |
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| Main Entry: | adjustment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adaptation |
Synonyms: |
acclimation, acclimatization, alteration, arrangement, balancing, conformance, correcting, fitting, fixing, improvement, mending, modification, ordering, organization, organizing, orientation, readjustment, redress, regulating, regulation, repairing, setting, shaping, standardization, turning |
| Main Entry: | advancement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion, progress |
Synonyms: |
advance, amelioration, betterment, elevation, gain, growth, headway, improvement, preference, preferment, prelation, rise, upgrading |
| 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: |
cessation, decline, descent, downfall, regression, retreat, retrogression, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
Synonyms: |
aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
| 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: | appreciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase in worth |
Synonyms: |
enhancement, gain, growth, improvement, inflation, rise |
Antonyms: |
decrease, depreciation, loss |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prosperity |
Synonyms: |
advance, boost, development, expansion, gain, growth, improvement, increase, inflation, jump, prosperousness, push, rush, spurt, upsurge, upswing, upturn |
Antonyms: |
collapse, failure, loss |
| Main Entry: | boost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase |
Synonyms: |
addition, advance, breakthrough, expansion, hike, improvement, increment, jump, lift, raise, rise, step-up, up, upgrade, wax |
Antonyms: |
blow, decrease, hindrance, setback |