AMELIORATIVE Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

ameliorative

adjective

as in constructive

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Recent Examples of ameliorative To Karp’s credit, his interviewers struck an ameliorative tone. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026

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Adjective

This is what physicists call decoherence—the inability of many waves to show strong constructive interference.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The complaint accuses the defendants of financial elder abuse, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, constructive fraud and conversion.

— Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of constructive

Adjective

The Snow’s pressure-relieving foam combined with supportive springs results in a bed that’s comfortable, but not plush to a fault.

— Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
The nuns modeled how to create a sustaining, supportive community.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of supportive

Adjective

But gainful employment and truly gainful employment — that is, with more pay and status — are two different things.

— Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 7 Oct. 2026
The move by the shop owner launched a flurry of online discourse about the tripod-wielding gaggle of usually young, almost always female influencers who parade their phones around in the hopes of building, or nurturing, a gainful following.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of gainful

Adjective

McGuane had remunerative dalliances with ’70s Hollywood, selling screenplays and hobnobbing with the inebriate tranche of the A-list.

— Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
These findings meaningfully raise the odds of either a massive settlement and licensing deal or, failing that, a Times victory at trial that would be catastrophic for the defendants and enormously remunerative for the plaintiff.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

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