| improve | | |
| v. (change) | 1. ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| ~ alleviate, relieve, palliate, assuage | provide physical relief, as from pain.; "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
| ~ aid, help | improve the condition of.; "These pills will help the patient" |
| ~ revitalize, regenerate | restore strength.; "This food revitalized the patient" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ enrich | make better or improve in quality.; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods" |
| ~ build up, develop | change the use of and make available or usable.; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better | get better.; "The weather improved toward evening" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better | get better.; "The weather improved toward evening" |
| ~ turn around | improve dramatically.; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math" |
| ~ help | improve; change for the better.; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture" |
| ~ upgrade | to improve what was old or outdated.; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel" |
| ~ condition | put into a better state.; "he conditions old cars" |
| ~ emend | make improvements or corrections to.; "the text was emended in the second edition" |
| ~ iron out, put right, straighten out | settle or put right.; "we need to iron out our disagreements" |
| ~ enhance | make better or more attractive.; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat" |
| ~ bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, doctor, touch on, restore | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
| ~ reform | make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices.; "reform a political system" |
| ~ reform | improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition.; "reform the health system in this country" |
| ~ beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish | make more beautiful. |
| ~ build | improve the cleansing action of.; "build detergents" |
| ~ perfect, hone | make perfect or complete.; "perfect your French in Paris!" |
| ~ fine-tune, refine, polish, down | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.; "refine one's style of writing" |
| ~ distill, make pure, purify, sublimate | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation.; "purify the water" |
| ~ fructify | make productive or fruitful.; "The earth that he fructified" |
| ~ lift, raise | invigorate or heighten.; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" |
| ~ advance | develop further.; "We are advancing technology every day" |
| ~ upgrade | give better travel conditions to.; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full" |
| ~ educate | give an education to.; "We must educate our youngsters better" |
| v. (change) | 2. ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate | get better.; "The weather improved toward evening" |
| ~ convalesce, recover, recuperate | get over an illness or shock.; "The patient is recuperating" |
| ~ heal | get healthy again.; "The wound is healing slowly" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ see the light, straighten out, reform | change for the better.; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" |
| ~ surge | see one's performance improve.; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead" |
| ~ turn around, pick up | improve significantly; go from bad to good.; "Her performance in school picked up" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| ~ bounce back, get well, get over | improve in health.; "He got well fast" |
| ~ heal, mend | heal or recover.; "My broken leg is mending" |
| ~ fructify | become productive or fruitful.; "The seeds fructified" |
| ~ upgrade | get better travel conditions.; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked" |
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