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meliorate

Main Entry:
meliorate [meel-yuh-reyt, mee-lee-uh-]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get or make better
Synonyms: better, improve, soften
Main Entry: ameliorate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make, become better
Synonyms: alleviate, amend, help, improve, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, relieve, step up, upgrade
Antonyms: worsen
Main Entry: better
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: improve performance; outdo
Synonyms: advance, ameliorate, amend, beat, best, cap, correct, enhance, exceed, excel, forward, further, help, meliorate, mend, outshine, outstrip, promote, raise, rectify, refine, reform, revamp, surpass, top, transcend
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: deteriorate, get worse, worsen
Main Entry: clear
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: clean, clear away
Synonyms: ameliorate, break up, brighten, burn off, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unblock, unburden, unclog, unload, unloose, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe
Antonyms: clutter, pile up
Main Entry: ease
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: alleviate, help
Synonyms: abate, aid, allay, ameliorate, anesthetize, appease, assist, assuage, attend to, calm, cheer, clear the way, comfort, cure, disburden, disengage, doctor, expedite, facilitate, forward, free, further, improve, lessen, let up on, lift, lighten, make easier, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, open the door, pacify, palliate, promote, quiet, relax, release, relent, relieve, run interference for, simplify, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, speed, speed up, still, tranquilize, untighten
Antonyms: annoy, increase, irritate, perplex, vex, worsen
Main Entry: heal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cure, recover
Synonyms: alleviate, ameliorate, attend, bring around, compose, conciliate, convalesce, doctor, dress, fix, free, get well, harmonize, improve, knit, make healthy, make sound, make well, make whole, medicate, meliorate, mend, minister to, patch up, physic, put on feet again, reanimate, rebuild, reconcile, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resuscitate, revive, revivify, salve, set, settle, soothe, treat
Antonyms: harm, hurt, injure
Main Entry: help
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: improve
Synonyms: alleviate, ameliorate, amend, attend, better, cure, doctor, ease, facilitate, heal, meliorate, mitigate, nourish, palliate, relieve, remedy, restore, revive, treat
Antonyms: decrease, harm, hinder, hurt, injure, worsen
Main Entry: improve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make or become better
Synonyms: advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, come around, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, doctor up, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground, help, increase, lift, look up, make strides, meliorate, mend, perk up, pick up*, polish, progress, promote, purify, raise, rally, recover, rectify, recuperate, refine, reform, revamp, revise, rise, set right, shape up, sharpen, skyrocket, straighten out, take off, touch up, turn the corner, update, upgrade
Antonyms: damage, decline, decrease, diminish, harm, hurt, injure, weaken, worsen
Main Entry: unblock
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: clear
Synonyms: ameliorate, break up, brighten, burn off, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unburden, unclog, unload, unloose, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe
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