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Main Entry: reform
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: correct, rectify

Synonyms:

ameliorate, amend, better, bring up to code, change one's ways, clean up, clean up one's act, convert, correct, cure, emend, go straight, improve, make amends, make over, mend, rearrange, rebuild, reclaim, reconstitute, reconstruct, redeem, refashion, regenerate, rehabilitate, remake, remedy, remodel, renew, renovate, reorganize, repair, resolve, restore, revise, revolutionize, rework, shape up, standardize, swear off, transform, turn over a new leaf, uplift

Antonyms:

hurt, impair, worsen
Main Entry: alter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: change

Synonyms:

adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, correct mid-course, develop, dial back, diversify, doctor, fine tune, make different, metamorphose, modify, mutate, phony up, recalibrate, recast, reconstruct, refashion, reform, remodel, renovate, reshape, revamp, revise, shift, transform, transmute, turn, vary

Antonyms:

continue, fix, keep, let stand, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain
Main Entry: amend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: improve, correct

Synonyms:

alter, ameliorate, better, change, elevate, enhance, fix, help, lift, make up for, mend, modify, pay one's dues, raise, rectify, reform, remedy, repair, revise, right, square*
Notes: when you amend a text, you change it - usually for the better and when you emend a text, you simply correct the mistakes; whereas one can amend various aspects of conduct or behavior, emend is used if the issue at hand is that of a manuscript, speech, or literary product

Antonyms:

blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, harm, impair, injure, mar, reduce, subtract, worsen
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: better
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: improve performance; outdo

Synonyms:

advance, ameliorate, amend, beat, best, cap, correct, enhance, exceed, excel, forward, further, help, meliorate, mend, outshine, outstrip, promote, raise, rectify, refine, reform, revamp, surpass, top, transcend

Antonyms:

deteriorate, get worse, worsen
Main Entry: change
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make or become different

Synonyms:

accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, make innovations, make over, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, recondition, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remake, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, restyle, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, tamper with, temper, transfigure, transform, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp

Antonyms:

continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay
Main Entry: convert
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: change belief, especially regarding religion

Synonyms:

actuate, alter conviction, assimilate to, baptize, be born again, bend, bias, brainwash, bring, bring around, budge, cause to adopt, change into, change of heart, convince, create anew, impel, incline, lead, lead to believe, make over, move, persuade, proselyte, proselytize, redeem, reform, regenerate, save, see the light, sway, turn

Antonyms:

hold, remain
Main Entry: correct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fix, adjust

Synonyms:

alter, ameliorate, amend, better, change, clean up, clean up act, cure, debug, do over, doctor*, edit, emend, fiddle with, fix up, get with it, go over, help, improve, launder, make over, make right, make up for, mend, pay dues, pick up, polish, put in order, reclaim, reconstruct, rectify, redress, reform, regulate, remedy, remodel, reorganize, repair, retouch, review, revise, right, scrub, set right, set straight, shape up, straighten out, touch up, turn around, upgrade

Antonyms:

blow, blunder, goof, mistake
Main Entry: improve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make or become better

Synonyms:

advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, come around, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, doctor up, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground, help, increase, lift, look up, make strides, meliorate, mend, perk up, pick up*, polish, progress, promote, purify, raise, rally, recover, rectify, recuperate, refine, reform, revamp, revise, rise, set right, shape up, sharpen, skyrocket, straighten out, take off, touch up, turn the corner, update, upgrade

Antonyms:

damage, decline, decrease, diminish, harm, hurt, injure, weaken, worsen
Main Entry: mend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: correct, improve, fix

Synonyms:

aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, fiddle with, gain, get better, get well, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, refit, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew

Antonyms:

break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken
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