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ameliorate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ameliorate

to make better
  • social legislation that must be given credit for ameliorating the lot of millions of deprived people
Synonyms of ameliorate

amend, better, enhance, enrich, help, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine, upgrade
Words Related to ameliorate

correct, emend, rectify, reform, remediate, remedy

edit, fine-tune, redraft, refurbish, rehab, rehabilitate, revamp, revise, rework

beef (up), boost, fortify, intensify, reinforce (also reenforce), strengthen

fine, hone, polish

retouch, touch up
Near Antonyms of ameliorate

damage, endamage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, spoil, tarnish, vitiate

blemish, blight, deface, disfigure, flaw, mar

diminish, lessen, lower, reduce
Antonyms of ameliorate

worsen

Synonym Discussion of ameliorate

improve, better, help, ameliorate mean to make more acceptable or to bring nearer a standard. improve and better are general and interchangeable and apply to what can be made better whether it is good or bad.
    • measures to further improve the quality of medical care
    • immigrants hoping to better their lot
help implies a bettering that still leaves room for improvement.
    • a coat of paint would help that house
ameliorate implies making more tolerable or acceptable conditions that are hard to endure.
    • tried to ameliorate the lives of people in the tenements

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