ameliorative

Meaning

Adj

1. Able to repair or ameliorate.
2. Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
3. Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.

Noun

1. That which betters or improves.
2. (rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.

Opposite of

pejorative

Synonyms

meliorative

ameliorating

amelioratory

bettering

land-reclamation

land-improvement

correctively

rectifying

tempering

Translations

mélioratif

meliorativa

meliorativo

migliorativo

bessernd

iyileşebilir

iyileştirilebilir

محسّن

düzelebilir

verbessernd

zu verbessernd

βελτιωτικός

verbeterd

Etymology

From ameliorate + -ive.