Synonyms of amending

amending

verb

present participle of amend

1

as in improving

to make better

trying to amend the situation of the striking workers by supplying them with minimal food supplies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improving
• enhancing
• upgrading
• refining
• remedying
• perfecting
• ameliorating
• remediating
• helping
• bettering
• enriching
• reinforcing
• revising
• correcting
• reforming
• rectifying
• meliorating
• strengthening
• rehabilitating
• reworking
• editing
• intensifying
• refurbishing
• redrafting
• revamping
• emending
• fining
• polishing
• boosting
• fine-tuning
• fortifying
• honing
• rehabbing
• beefing (up)
• touching up
• retouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worsening
• impairing
• damaging
• injuring
• harming
• vitiating
• hurting
• reducing
• spoiling
• tarnishing
• defacing
• lowering
• marring
• blighting
• diminishing
• disfiguring
• lessening
• endamaging
• flawing
• blemishing

2

as in correcting

to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from

the Bill of Rights was adopted in an effort to amend a constitution that seemed to many to be deficient in guaranteeing individual rights

Synonyms & Similar Words

• correcting
• reforming
• rewriting
• remedying
• improving
• changing
• rectifying
• modifying
• repairing
• revising
• emending
• adjusting
• debugging
• reworking
• redrafting
• fixing
• altering
• shortening
• redrawing
• red-penciling
• regulating
• perfecting
• ameliorating
• polishing
• redressing
• righting
• bettering
• restyling
• cutting
• modulating
• blue-penciling
• touching up
• mending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impairing
• injuring
• damaging
• hurting
• harming
• spoiling
• worsening
• marring
• aggravating

3

as in reforming

to change one's behavior or character for the better

the judge had heard the defendant promise before that he would amend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improving
• reforming
• behaving
• shaping up
• regenerating
• straightening (up or out)
• cleaning up one's act
• mending
• bettering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regressing
• backsliding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of amending

The Bridgewater woman started working at the Quincy RMV in 2019 and was in charge of transactions that included issuing duplicate titles, changing ownership, amending and correcting titles, and adding liens. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

In addition to candidates, the Maryland ballot contains three ballot questions amending the state’s constitution. — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

In 1990, Congress considered amending the CAA so that the EPA could substitute itself and take control of citizen suits over alleged violations. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026

Independent experts have also called for amending building codes to require long-term monitoring of settlement. — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Walls, in contrast, supports amending the policy so those charged with certain offenses no longer qualify for pretrial release. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

At the ballot box, voters have overwhelmingly rejected major pieces of the party’s agenda, including an effort to weaken their power to bypass the legislature by amending the constitution or putting laws passed by lawmakers to a statewide vote. — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026

The city’s planning director said amending the zoning code to allow data centers in Sacramento would require multiple public hearings. — Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

The complex legislation — added by gutting and amending a bill known as Senate Bill 492 — was introduced less than three days before the legislative session was to end Monday. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026