improvement synonyms

improvement

n.

  1. The process of making or becoming better

    betterment, amelioration, melioration, rectification, change, amendment, alteration, reformation, progression, advance, advancement, development, refinement, growth, rise, reclamation, civilization, gain, cultivation, progressiveness, increase, enrichment, promotion, recovery, recuperation, healing, regeneration, furtherance, renovation, modernization, remodeling, refurbishment, repair, reorganization, reform, emendation, revision, elaboration, enhancement, elevation, preferment, ennoblement, shaking down*, getting the bugs out*; see also revision.

    Antonyms decay*, deterioration*, retrogression. *

  2. That which has been improved

    addition, supplement, repair, extra, attachment, correction, reform, remodeling, modernization, betterment, refinement, luxury, advance, advancement, step forward, enhancement, new model, deluxe model, latest thing*, last word*; see also change 2.

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