AMELIORATED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

ameliorated

verb

Definition of ameliorated next

past tense of ameliorate

as in improved

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

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Recent Examples of ameliorated Since then the institutions of American aging have reproduced rather than ameliorated the inequalities and injustices of the wider American economy. —

Trevor Jackson, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026 Of course, with so many personnel across the agency already gone, some damage can’t be undone, but it will be greatly ameliorated. —

Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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As a senior, the new-and-improved Maloney earned first-team All-Dade honors, leading the 2015 Explorers to a 13-2 record and the Class 8A state semifinals.

— Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Ukraine’s offensive capabilities have also improved, with the Defense Ministry saying Tuesday that the country’s forces have more than doubled the range of their deep-strike capabilities since Russia’s February 2022 invasion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026