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

Now the village is discussing amending the village’s code to insert guidelines on commercial filming/photography. — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Supervisors Nate Miley and Haubert said the poll was a good start toward understanding the community’s interest in amending Measure D, but the county needed to build greater consensus before attempting to ease its land-use restrictions. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026

Some believe that amending the bill to include Iran, which has been embroiled in a war with the United States since February, could add a stumbling block to the bill’s path forward to a vote in the House of Representatives. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

Note that amending soil isn’t recommended for planting most trees and shrubs. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026

Democrats and Republican leaders both surveyed members last week on the college sports plan, which indicated an uncertain whip count on the floor and work still to do on amending the plan, according to senators and aides. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 20 July 2026

Congress reacted to that ruling by amending the act to create the incidental take program. — Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 17 July 2026

That’s what’s important, so just amending the contract doesn’t work for me. — Michael Praats, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026

The Republican National Committee began laying the groundwork earlier this year, voting at its winter meeting in January to make such an event possible by amending procedures centered around quadrennial presidential nominating conventions. — ABC News, 30 June 2026