🔧ameliorate

verb
/əˈmiːliəreɪt/

Meaning

to make something better or improve a bad situation
To make better; improve or enhance something.
To make something better or improve a situation; to enhance or upgrade.

Example Sentences

Policies were introduced to ameliorate living conditions in the city.

The new policies are designed to ameliorate living conditions.

New policies were introduced to ameliorate living conditions.

Example Expressions

ameliorate the situation

Synonyms

improve, enhance, upgrade, better, reform, refine, perfect
Entry 1
improve, enhance, upgrade, better, reform
Entry 2
improve, enhance, better, upgrade, refine
Entry 3
improve, enhance, better, upgrade, refine, perfect

Antonyms

worsen, deteriorate, aggravate, decline, degrade, impair, damage
Entry 1
worsen, deteriorate, aggravate
Entry 2
worsen, deteriorate, aggravate, decline, degrade
Entry 3
worsen, deteriorate, decline, degrade, impair, damage

Collocations

ameliorate conditions, ameliorate the situation, ameliorate suffering, ameliorate poverty

Related Vocabularies

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