ameliorate
81meliorate — I verb adorn, advance, ameliorate, amend, assuage, beautify, better, correct, cultivate, cure, doctor, elaborate, elevate, embellish, emend, enhance, enrich, forward, have a good influence, improve, invigorate, lard, make better, make… …
82amend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. change; correct, rectify; improve; (pl.) recompense (See atonement). See improvement. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. correct, mend, revise, alter; see change 1 , correct 1 , improve 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
83better — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. mend, correct, relieve. See improvement, superiority. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Superior] Syn. greater, finer, preferred, preferable, surpassing, excelling, improved, more suitable, more deSirable …
84reform — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. better, reclaim, restore, improve, redeem, regenerate, convert. See change. n. improvement, amendment, regeneration, reformation; crusade. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. reformation, betterment,… …
85Improvement — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Improvement >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 improvement improvement Sgm: N 1 amelioration amelioration melioration Sgm: N 1 betterment betterment Sgm: N 1 mend mend amendment emendation Sgm: N 1 mending …
86ameliorative — (adj.) 1796, from AMELIORATE (Cf. ameliorate) + IVE (Cf. ive) …
87help — v 1. aid, assist, bestead, accommodate, oblige, abet, befriend; contribute, join in, Inf. pitch in, Inf. chip in, lend a hand, lend oneself to, play or do one s part, boost, give a boost to, give a lift to; (all usu. negative) lift a finger, lift …
88cultivate — [v1] develop land for growing breed, crop, dress, farm, fertilize, garden, harvest, labor, manage, mature, plant, plow, prepare, propagate, raise, ripen, seed, tend, till, work; concepts 253,257 Ant. destroy, ignore, neglect cultivate [v2] enrich …
89improve — [im pro͞ov′] vt. improved, improving [earlier improw < Anglo Fr emprower < en , in + prou, gain, advantage < LL prode, advantage (back form. < L prodesse, to be of advantage): see PRO 2 & IS1] 1. Now Rare to use profitably or to good… …
90straighten out — verb 1. settle or put right (Freq. 2) we need to iron out our disagreements • Syn: ↑iron out, ↑put right • Hypernyms: ↑better, ↑improve, ↑amend, ↑ …
