Synonyms for improve
ɪmˈpruvim·prove

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1. improveverb

   to make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something)

   Synonyms:
   batten, better, enhance, ameliorate

2. improveverb

   to become better

   Synonyms:
   ameliorate, enhance, better, batten

   Antonyms:
   worsen

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. improve

   To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. Advance, better, and improve may refer either to what is quite imperfect or to what has reached a high degree of excellence; we advance the kingdom of God, improve the minds of our children, better the morals of the people. But for matters below the point of ordinary approval we seldom use these words; we do not speak of bettering a wretched alley, or improving a foul sewer. There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words. We correct evils, reform abuses, rectify incidental conditions of evil or error; we ameliorate poverty and misery, which we can not wholly remove. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective. A text, writing, or statement is amended by the author or by some adequate authority; it is often emended by conjecture. A motion is amended by the mover or by the assembly; a constitution is amended by the people; an ancient text is emended by a critic who believes that what seems to him the better reading is what the author wrote. Compare ALLEVIATE.

   Synonyms:
   advance, ameliorate, amend, better, cleanse, correct, emend, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repair

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. improve

   Synonyms:
   better, amend, ameliorate, emend, correct, mend, rectify, reform

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb

   to make better

   "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

   Synonyms:
   better, repair, remedy, amend, meliorate, remediate, break, ameliorate, rectify

2. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorateverb

   get better

   "The weather improved toward evening"

   Synonyms:
   better, ameliorate, meliorate, break, amend

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change State

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. improveverb

   Synonyms:
   amend, mend, better, meliorate, ameliorate, make better

2. improveverb

   Synonyms:
   use, make use of, turn to account, avail one's self of

3. improveverb

   Synonyms:
   make a good use of, turn to good account, employ advantageously, make productive

4. improveverb

   Synonyms:
   apply practically (as the doctrines of a discourse)

5. improveverb

   Synonyms:
   mend, become better, get better, get on, gain ground, pick up

6. improveverb

   Synonyms:
   make progress, take a step forward

7. improveverb

   Synonyms:
   (Com.) increase, rise, be enhanced

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1. improveverb

   Synonyms:
   amend, ameliorate, rectify, better, mend, utilize, use, gain, get better

2. improveverb

   Antonyms:
   deteriorate, decline, degenerate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "improve":

   improving, enhance, improvement, improved, enhancing, improvements, increase, better, upgrade, strengthen, ameliorate, enhancement, upgrading, refine, enhanced, raise, improves, increasing, raising, betterment, strengthening, boost, améliorer, advancement

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How to use improve in a sentence?

1. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   We have recently seen the Japanese side repeatedly expressing its hope of improving the bilateral relationship. You have also shown your willingness to take the first step. If you come with sincerity, we welcome you, as the Chinese saying goes, we should make a judgment based on not only what people say but also what they do. I am ready to listen to your opinion about how to improve China-Japan relations, and I am also going to see whether the Japanese side will match its words with deeds.

2. Miguel Contrera:

   I don't support either side as they're both the same, they need to come to an agreement to improve things.

3. Ruth Dureghello:

   Our hope is that this message will reach the many Muslim people who share with us the responsibility to improve the world in which we live. We can make it together.

4. David Poeppel:

   These findings suggest that the design of alarm signals can be further improved, the same way a bad smell is added to natural gas to make it easily detectable, adding roughness to alarm sounds may improve and accelerate their processing.

5. David Pyott:

   I am excited for the opportunity to pursue new interests, including my work with a few public company boards, several universities in the U.S. and the UK and ophthalmic charities whose goals are to improve eye health in emerging markets.