ameliorate

ameliorate
Synonyms and related words:
accommodate, acculturate, adapt, adjust, advance, alleviate, alter, amend, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, better, boost, bottom out, break, break up, bring forward, change, checker, chop, chop and change, civilize, come about, come along, come around, come on, come round, convalesce, convert, deform, degenerate, denature, deteriorate, develop, deviate, diverge, diversify, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enlighten, enrich, fatten, favor, fit, flop, forward, foster, gain, gain ground, get ahead, get along, go ahead, go forward, go straight, graduate, grow better, haul around, help, improve, improve upon, jibe, lard, lift, lighten, look up, make an improvement, make headway, make progress, make strides, meliorate, mend, mitigate, modify, modulate, mutate, nurture, overthrow, perk up, pick up, progress, promote, qualify, raise, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, recuperate, redesign, refine upon, refit, reform, relieve, remake, renew, reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, ring the changes, shape up, shift, shift the scene, show improvement, shuffle the cards, skyrocket, socialize, straighten out, subvert, swerve, tack, take a turn, take off, transfigure, transform, turn, turn aside, turn into, turn the corner, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, undergo a change, upgrade, uplift, vary, veer, warp, work a change, worsen

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  • Ameliorate — A*mel io*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ameliorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ameliorating}.] [L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. am[ e]liorer. See {Meliorate}.] To make better; to improve; to meliorate. [1913 Webster] In every human being there is a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ameliorate — A*mel io*rate, v. i. To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • ameliorate — (v.) 1767 (implied in ameliorating), perhaps a back formation from AMELIORATION (Cf. amelioration) on pattern of Fr. améliorer. The simpler form meliorate was used in Middle English. Related: Ameliorated …   Etymology dictionary

  • ameliorate — *improve, better, help Analogous words: amend, remedy, reform, rectify, *correct: mitigate, alleviate, *relieve, lighten Antonyms: worsen: deteriorate vt Contrasted words: *injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar, spoil: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • ameliorate — [v] make, become better alleviate, amend, help, improve, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, relieve, step up, upgrade; concept 244 Ant. worsen …   New thesaurus

  • ameliorate — ► VERB formal ▪ make (something) better. DERIVATIVES amelioration noun ameliorative adjective. ORIGIN alteration of MELIORATE(Cf. ↑M) …   English terms dictionary

  • ameliorate — [ə mēl′yə rāt΄] vt., vi. ameliorated, ameliorating [< Fr améliorer < OFr ameillorer < a , to + meillor < L melior, better] to make or become better; improve SYN. IMPROVE ameliorable [ə mel′yə rə bəl] adj. amelioration [ə mel΄yə… …   English World dictionary

  • ameliorate — a|me|li|o|rate [əˈmi:liəreıt] v [T] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: meliorate to ameliorate (16 20 centuries), from Late Latin, past participle of meliorare, from Latin melior better ] formal to make a bad situation better or less harmful = ↑improve ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ameliorate — [[t]əmi͟ːliəreɪt[/t]] ameliorates, ameliorating, ameliorated VERB If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way. [FORMAL] [V n] Nothing can be done to ameliorate the situation... [V n] He expected me… …   English dictionary

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