Synonyms of ameliorated

ameliorated

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improved
• enhanced
• remedied
• amended
• refined
• enriched
• upgraded
• perfected
• helped
• bettered
• remediated
• meliorated
• reinforced
• corrected
• rectified
• intensified
• strengthened
• revised
• rehabilitated
• reformed
• emended
• edited
• reworked
• redrafted
• refurbished
• revamped
• boosted
• fine-tuned
• fined
• fortified
• polished
• honed
• retouched
• rehabbed
• beefed (up)
• touched up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worsened
• impaired
• damaged
• hurt
• harmed
• injured
• reduced
• tarnished
• vitiated
• spoiled
• diminished
• marred
• lessened
• flawed
• disfigured
• blighted
• defaced
• lowered
• endamaged
• blemished

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ameliorated

The proximity of the two cities at times accentuated, rather than ameliorated, the family’s sense of separation. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

According to the European Commission, the duty-free de minimis exemption was introduced in order to alleviate administrative burdens for customs authorities and businesses, but the digitalization of customs procedures has ameliorated that issue. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 23 June 2026

The 40-foot elevation drop from the General Hospital forecourt to the commercial hub will be ameliorated by raising the low area about 20 feet. — Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026

And can the extreme technical divergences and multiple overbought conditions be ameliorated without much pain, as suggested by Monday's benign rotational action in the face of a stiff drop in semis and other momentum stocks? — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026

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