to meliorate

Examples

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• Chapter Four examines Richard Whitford's orthodox program of monastic and social reform that aimed not only to meliorate the individual's ethical life but also to revitalize Catholicism and engage directly with Protestantism.

  Blog text (5)

• They "resisted every effort to meliorate their situation, or to introduce among them the most common arts of life," he wrote; they remained morally and intellectually "stationary." 50

  Academic text (2008)

• Be it thine to meliorate the condition of man.

  Academic text (2011)

• She is working hard to meliorate her skills in order to advance her career.

• The charity's goal is to meliorate the educational opportunities available to underprivileged children.

Synonyms

I

to improve

vsto meliorate

∞ 1.0

To make something better

is the same meaning but uses a different word form

E

to enrich

vsto meliorate

85 3.9

To make something better by adding knowledge or nutrients

focuses on general making better rather than specifically adding things

O

to optimize

vsto meliorate

69 5.3

Make something work as well as possible

seeks improvement but not necessarily to the absolute best state

B

to better

vsto meliorate

35 1.8

To improve something

means general improvement rather than necessarily surpassing a prior standard

A

to ameliorate

vsto meliorate

11 8.1

To make a bad situation better

applies to making things better generally not only to bad situations

Antonyms

D

to deteriorate

146 5.9

To get worse in quality, condition, or value

W

to worsen

61 3.9

To make a situation or condition less good

How Improved

to transform

523 3.4

to upgrade

177 3.5

to enhance

424 4.0

to meliorate

9.8

to ameliorate

11 8.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology