IMPROVEMENT Synonyms

• a change for the better; progress in development

• an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility

• the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

• encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• a productive insight

• making an important discovery

• a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

• an improvement that makes something more agreeable

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

• the creation of something in the mind

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• a movement forward

• develop in a positive way

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• form or accumulate steadily

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the result of improving something

• the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

• the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

• the act of rewriting something

• something that has been written again

• information or data that updates

• the act of bringing someone or something up to date

• modernize or bring up to date

• bring up to date; supply with recent information

• bring to the latest state of technology or supply with the latest data

• 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)

• 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

• a movement forward

• a change for the better; progress in development

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• an amount paid before it is earned

• increase in price or value

• being ahead of time or need

• situated ahead or going before

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• bring forward for consideration or acceptance

• increase or raise

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• cause to move forward

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• develop in a positive way

• develop further

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• pay in advance

• move forward

• rise in rate or price

• the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

• a condition superior to an earlier condition

• the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning