improvements

NOUN

bettering; something bettered

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance advancement change development enhancement gain growth increase progress recovery renovation revision rise upgrade

STRONG

amelioration amendment augmentation betterment civilization correction cultivation elevation enrichment furtherance meliorism preferment progression promotion rally reclamation rectification reformation regeneration upbeat

WEAK

upswing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decline decrease deterioration diminishment failure halt loss retreat retrogression stagnation stop stoppage

STRONG

demotion worsening

WEAK

damage diminishing harm hurt injury weakening

Example Sentences

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The results suggest that future improvements depend primarily on advances in materials science rather than overcoming an unavoidable law of nature.

From Science Daily • Jul. 2, 2026

“While we’ve made a lot of improvements, you still feel like you’re roughing it, and I love that.”

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Last month the health inspectorate reported that Ysbyty Glan Clwyd's A&E was a service "needing significant improvements", less than two years after it came out of special scrutiny for similar issues.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

The findings have prompted researchers to investigate why omega-3s can reach the brain without producing noticeable improvements in brain health.

From Science Daily • Jun. 29, 2026

When improvements in typewriters eliminated the problem of jamming, trials in 1932 with an efficiently laid-out keyboard showed that it would let us double our typing speed and reduce our typing effort by 95 percent.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond