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improving
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improving
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reconstructing |
| Synonyms: | bettering, convalescent, correcting, developing, elaborating, fixing, remodeling, repairing |
| Main Entry: | better |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improved in health |
| Synonyms: | convalescent, cured, fitter, fully recovered, healthier, improving, less ill, mending, more healthy, on the comeback trail, on the mend, on the road to recovery, out of the woods, over the hump, progressing, recovering, stronger, well |
| Notes: | better is greater in excellence or higher in quality; more useful; more highly skilled; healthier than before - while bettor is someone who bets |
| Antonyms: | more ill, sicker, unhealthy, worse |
| Main Entry: | cosmetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautifying; relating to appearance |
| Synonyms: | corrective, gooky, improving, makeup, nonessential, painted, remedial, restorative, superficial, surface, touching-up |
| Antonyms: | disfiguring |
| Main Entry: | helpful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial, beneficent |
| Synonyms: | accessible, accommodating, advantageous, applicable, benevolent, bettering, caring, conducive, considerate, constructive, contributive, convenient, cooperative, crucial, effectual, efficacious, essential, favorable, fortunate, friendly, good for, important, improving, instrumental, invaluable, kind, neighborly, operative, practical, pragmatic, productive, profitable, serendipitous, serviceable, significant, suitable, supportive, symbiotic, sympathetic, timely, usable, useful, utilitarian, valuable |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful, injurious, unconstructive, unhelpful, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | broadening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cultivating |
| Synonyms: | advancing, cultural, developmental, educational, enlightening, enriching, expanding, improving, refining |
| Main Entry: | recovering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | getting better |
| Synonyms: | better, convalescent, improved, improving, mending, on the mend, recuperating |
| Main Entry: | recovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of returning to normal |
| Synonyms: | improvement, improving, readjustment, reconstruction, recreation, reestablishment, reformation, rehabilitation, reinstatement, replacement, restoration, resumption, return |
| Main Entry: | refining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cleansing |
| Synonyms: | civilizing, clarifying, cleaning, cultivating, distillation, elevating, focusing, honing, improving, perfecting, polishing, purifying, sharpening |
| Main Entry: | amendatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrective |
| Synonyms: | bettering, emendatory, improving, rectifying, reformative, reformatory, reparative, restorative |
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