improve

Meaning

  1. To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
  2. To become better.
  3. (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
  4. (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
  5. To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

Concepts

improve

get better

ameliorate

better

amend

reform

enhance

make better

correct

refine

develop

perfect

advance

meliorate

recover

upgrade

repair

mend

progress

become better

revise

heal

rectify

increase

pick up

make progress

make good

adjust

enrich

fix

convalesce

strengthen

be better

touch up

update

prosper

cure

fertilize

boost

ennoble

polish

change

purify

treat well

transform

rise

raise

elevate

cultivate

grow

grow stronger

hone

𐐮𐑋𐐹𐑉𐐭𐑂

grease

manure

remedy

augment

gain

change into

be reduced

influence

rally

edit

mitigate

reinforce

look up

promote

innovate

modernize

decorate

flourish

heighten

gentrify

renew

rebuild

proofread

scan

clear up

polish up

help

retrofit

move forward

thrive

turn around

recuperate

good

modify

take a turn for the better

become stronger

revamp

free

liberate

release

amplify

escalate

magnify

supplement

cheer up

emerge

pop up

exalt

civilize

educate

enlighten

humanize

instruct

socialize

sophisticate

be great

edify

surpass

uplift

make improvements

reshape

transmogrify

bless

cleanse ritually

refresh

convert into

become opened up

accrue

appreciate

be offered

be promoted

call on

climb up

enter

go up

convert to

become successful

make it

abate

alleviate

assuage

ease

let up

remit

add to

lift

make an adjustment

dress up

prepare

broaden

alter

ease up

climb to

make oneself better

to be better

allay

moderate

not so bad

enlarge

expand

modernise

complete

sharpen

upswing

perk

rationalize

red-pencil

up

reprocess

benefit

get on

feed up

foster

raise the standard of

re-educate

remould

arrange

fold

become healthy

reconcile

improvement

modification

insure

revive

do good

relieve

remediate

review

get over

rehabilitate

skin over

snap back

elaborate

proceed

build

make rich

get stronger

put right

process

change for the better

evolve

honed

put in order

dramatize

intensify

get well

finalize

work further

perfect oneself

betterment

reformation

become good

pass

sanitise

fine-tune

recure

unbreak

consummate

embellish

liven

unbend

offer

remodel

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˈpɹuːv/
Etymology

From Anglo-Norman emprouwer, from Old French en- + prou (“profit”), from Vulgar Latin prode (“advantageous, profitable”).

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