amelioratory

adjective

as in supportive

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amelioratory
  1. supportive
  2. constructive
  3. ameliorative
  4. lucrative
  5. gainful
  6. desirable
  7. remunerative
  8. healthful
Adjective
  • This is also supportive for pricing your work, recognizing your talent, or making money decisions with more confidence.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The company said feedback during that period was strongly supportive.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of supportive
Adjective
  • Howard brought claims for breach of fiduciary duty, constructive fraud and fraudulent misrepresentation against CAA.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And Written Expectations About Providing Feedback Setting verbal and written expectations that peers should provide regular, constructive feedback to each other as the department norm is one way to encourage healthier peer-to-peer feedback.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of constructive
Adjective
  • To Karp’s credit, his interviewers struck an ameliorative tone.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026
Definition of ameliorative
Adjective
  • Along with lucrative offers for the universities, the shoe company creates critical Name, Image and Likeness opportunities for individual athletes via its ambassador program.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Still, with more than 40,000 industry jobs lost in the past few years, soundstages and vendor storefronts sitting empty, and lucrative overseas incentives seducing even more production away, things are bleak in town right now.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of lucrative
Adjective
  • This would combine additional transitional housing with best practices in drug & mental health treatment coupled with programs to foster self-sufficiency and gainful employment.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
  • Those humans who currently get degrees in philosophy tend to find gainful employment not because organizations need philosophers, but because companies want people who have strong writing skills, can do analyses, think in abstractions, and have heightened communication skills.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Definition of gainful
Adjective
  • Though desirable to begin with, a need for a starter was heightened when McClanahan exited a July 30 start against Texas due to back tightness.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Stone washing requires pumice stones, frictional abrasion and industrial washing machines to beat up and break down denim to a more desirable soft and vintage effect.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
Definition of desirable
Adjective
  • Carol is alternately enchanted and frustrated by her husband’s innocence and altruism, which led him to his not particularly remunerative career as an interpreter.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
  • This is in large part because 401(k)-type plans became more common and, according to the paper, displaced more liquid and less remunerative forms of saving such as checking accounts.
    — Allison Schrager, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Definition of remunerative
Adjective
  • Food is creative and generally healthful, with plenty of veggie-forward options and lots of flavor.
    — Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Honey is the naturally sweet, healthful, old-as-time substance bees produce.
    — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 26 July 2026
Definition of healthful
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“Amelioratory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amelioratory. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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