ameliorate
Usage
What are other ways to say ameliorate?
The formal word ameliorate implies improving oppressive, unjust, or difficult conditions: to ameliorate working conditions. Improve usually implies remedying a lack or a felt need: to improve a process, oneself (as by gaining more knowledge). To better is to improve conditions which, though not bad, are unsatisfying: to better an attempt, oneself (as by gaining a higher salary).
Example Sentences
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Fixing leaks will by no means address water shortages in the area, but it is something state and local governments can do now to ameliorate the situation.
From Washington Post
Kierkegaard was forthright in declaring that his philosophy was designed to ameliorate, or at least manage, existential unease — “fear and trembling” as he operatically phrased it — in a chaotic-feeling modern Europe.
From New York Times
TikTok’s emphasis on how proposed restrictions may yield potential economic hardship for Americans comes as the company’s efforts to ameliorate concerns over data security have thus far failed.
From Washington Times
Renters can ameliorate the risk of rent increases somewhat by opting for longer leases, Bunio says.
From Seattle Times
Ms. Coronado said the company typically gave workers with high levels of lead multivitamins and milk, neither of which experts say will do anything to ameliorate lead exposure.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
