IMPROVING Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word improving. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| advancing | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • moving forward | ||||||
| ameliorating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • tending to ameliorate | ||||||
| bettering | verbv | |||||
adjective • changing for the better | ||||||
| developing | verb, adverb, noun, adjectivev, adv, n, adj | |||||
noun • processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible adjective satellite • relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply | ||||||
| increasing | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective • becoming greater or larger • (music) increasing in tempo and/or volume | ||||||
| refining | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) | ||||||
| strengthening | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • becoming stronger • the act of increasing the strength of something | ||||||
| augmenting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • enlarge or increase • grow or intensify | ||||||
| boosting | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • the act of giving hope or support to someone • an increase in cost • the act of giving a push verb • increase • give a boost to; be beneficial to • contribute to the progress or growth of • increase or raise • push or shove upward, as if from below or behind | ||||||
| elevating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • give a promotion to or assign to a higher position • raise from a lower to a higher position • raise in rank or condition | ||||||
| enhancing | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||
verb • increase the level of • make better or more attractive | ||||||
| progressing | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • gradual improvement or growth or development • the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) • a movement forward verb • develop in a positive way • move forward, also in the metaphorical sense • form or accumulate steadily | ||||||
| upgrading | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • an upward slope or grade (as in a road) • software that provides better performance than an earlier version did • a reservation that is improved • the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises • hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did • the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components) verb • rate higher; raise in value or esteem • to improve what was old or outdated • give a promotion to or assign to a higher position • get better travel conditions • give better travel conditions to | ||||||
| ameliorate | verbv | |||||
verb • to make better • get better | ||||||
| better | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another • (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness noun • something superior in quality or condition or effect • someone who bets • a superior person having claim to precedence • the superior one of two alternatives adverb • comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc. • from a position of superiority or authority adjective satellite • (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable • more than half verb • surpass in excellence • to make better • get better | ||||||
| meliorate | verbv | |||||
verb • to make better • get better | ||||||
| amend | verbv | |||||
verb • make amendments to • to make better • set straight or right | ||||||
| batten | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber • a strip fixed to something to hold it firm verb • furnish with battens • secure with battens | ||||||
| edifying | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement | ||||||
| enhance | verbv | |||||
verb • increase the level of • make better or more attractive | ||||||
