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Synonyms for amend

  • verb

Most common

improve rectify ameliorate meliorate re-form modify revise

All synonyms

Verb

1. Improve

improve, ameliorate, meliorate, rectify, repair, correct, better, restore, remedy, revamp, compensate, redress, advance, reclaim, remediate, emend, renew, mend dated

Other

revise, modify, re-form

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To make better; improve.

Related words

Word family
amendable amendment

Forms

Past participle
amended
e.g. amended → improved, ameliorated, meliorated, rectified…

Choose the right word

Amend, Mend, Repair or Correct?

To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • improve This app will help you improve your English level.
  • rectify We need to take steps to rectify the situation.
  • ameliorate He helped to ameliorate the living conditions of working men.
  • modify We want to modify the regulations of our school.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
amendfalling
improvesteady
rectifysteady
amelioratesteady
melioratefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
mend1
5 letters
renew2, emend
6 letters
better2, repair2, remedy3, modify3, revise2, revamp2
7 letters
improve2, correct2, advance2, restore2, reclaim2, rectify3, redress2
9 letters
remediate4, meliorate
10 letters
compensate3, ameliorate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (renew2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
amender
Italiano
emendare
Español
adelantar
Deutsch
verbessern