ameliorate

Synonyms:

amend, better, improve, meliorate

Antonyms:

worsen

make worse

aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate

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alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve

provide physical relief, as from pain

soothe

cause to feel better

comfort, ease

lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate

aid, help

improve the condition of

bring around, cure, heal

provide a cure for, make healthy again

benefit, do good

be beneficial for

regenerate, revitalize

restore strength

rejuvenate

make younger or more youthful

enrich

make better or improve in quality

fill out, round out

make bigger or better or more complete

choke, throttle

reduce the air supply

feed, fertilise, fertilize

provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

build up, develop

change the use of and make available or usable

redevelop

change the plans for the use of (land)

settle

establish or develop as a residence

turn around

improve dramatically

help

improve; change for the better

upgrade

to improve what was old or outdated

condition

put into a better state

recondition

bring into an improved condition

emend

make improvements or corrections to

iron out, put right, straighten out

settle or put right

enhance

make better or more attractive

follow up

increase the effectiveness or success of by further action

retouch, touch up

alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance

bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

fiddle, tinker

try to fix or mend

fill

plug with a substance

patch, piece

repair by adding pieces

cobble

repair or mend

point, repoint

repair the joints of bricks

trouble-shoot, troubleshoot

solve problems

patch, patch up

mend by putting a patch on

resole, sole

put a new sole on

revamp, vamp

provide (a shoe) with a new vamp

heel, reheel

put a new heel on

darn

repair by sewing

reform

make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices

reform

improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition

beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify

make more beautiful

groom, neaten

care for one's external appearance

curry, dress, groom

give a neat appearance to

dress up, window-dress

make something appear superficially attractive

slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivate

make neat, smart, or trim

polish, shine, smooth, smoothen

make (a surface) shine

become, suit

enhance the appearance of

build

improve the cleansing action of

hone, perfect

make perfect or complete

optimise, optimize

make optimal; get the most out of; use best

brush up, polish, polish up, round, round off

bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

down, fine-tune, polish, refine

improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

over-refine, overrefine

refine too much or with excess of subtlety

civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train

teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

distill, make pure, purify, sublimate

remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

rectify, refine

reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

purge

rid of impurities

fructify

make productive or fruitful

lift, raise

invigorate or heighten

advance

develop further

upgrade

give better travel conditions to

educate

give an education to

socialise, socialize

train for a social environment

groom, prepare, train

educate for a future role or function

co-educate, coeducate

educate persons of both sexes together

school

educate in or as if in a school

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alter, change, modify

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

Synonyms:

better, improve, meliorate

amend

to make better

Antonyms:

worsen

grow worse

decline

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convalesce, recover, recuperate

get over an illness or shock

gain vigor, percolate, perk, perk up, pick up

gain or regain energy

snap back

recover quickly

heal

get healthy again

scab

form a scab

skin over

grow new skin over an injury

granulate

form granulating tissue

reform, see the light, straighten out

change for the better

surge

see one's performance improve

pick up, turn around

improve significantly; go from bad to good

bounce back, get over, get well

improve in health

heal, mend

heal or recover

fructify

become productive or fruitful

upgrade

get better travel conditions

Type of:

change state, turn

undergo a transformation or a change of position or action