Synonyms for improvement
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Noun
1. Amelioration — increase; growth; progress; advance
amelioration, progress, advancement, increase, betterment, growth, advance, amendment
Other
refinement, correction, upturn, mending, cultivation, re-formation, edification, castigation, melioration rare, improval rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
Forms
- Plural
- improvements → ameliorations, progresses, advancements, increases…
Example sentences
- increase It cannot be denied that crime is on the increase.
- progress You will progress in proportion to your abilities.
- advancement Does this job offer opportunities for advancement?
- correction I need to buy some correction fluid for tomorrow.
- refinement I read many books, and attained refinement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| improvement | falling | |
| increase | falling | |
| progress | falling | |
| advancement | falling | |
| amelioration | falling | |
| correction | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- growth1, upturn2
- 7 letters
- advance2, mending2
- 8 letters
- increase2, progress2, improval
- 9 letters
- amendment3
- 10 letters
- correction3, refinement3, betterment3
- 11 letters
- advancement3, cultivation4, edification5, castigation, melioration
- 12 letters
- amelioration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (upturn2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- amélioration
- Italiano
- miglioramento
- Español
- mejora
- Deutsch
- Verbesserung