English verb: improve |
| 1. | improve (change) to make better |
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| Samples | The editor improved the manuscript with his changes.
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| Examples | They improve their earnings this year |
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| Synonyms | ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something.
Something ----s somebody.
Something ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | advance, aid, alleviate, assuage, beautify, build, build up, bushel, condition, develop, distill, doctor, down, educate, embellish, emend, enhance, enrich, fancify, fine-tune, fix, fructify, furbish up, help, help, hone, iron out, lift, make pure, mend, palliate, perfect, polish, prettify, purify, put right, raise, refine, reform, reform, regenerate, relieve, repair, restore, revitalize, straighten out, sublimate, touch on, turn around, upgrade, upgrade |
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| Cause | ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate |
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| Verb group | ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate |
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| Antonyms | aggravate, exacerbate, worsen, exasperate |
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| 2. | improve (change) get better |
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| Samples | The weather improved toward evening.
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| Examples | Their earnings improve this year |
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| Synonyms | ameliorate, better, meliorate |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s.
Somebody ----s |
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| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bounce back, convalesce, fructify, get over, get well, heal, heal, mend, pick up, recover, recuperate, reform, see the light, straighten out, surge, turn around, upgrade |
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| Verb group | ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate |
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| Antonyms | decline, worsen |
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