improvements

NOUN

bettering; something bettered

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance advancement change development enhancement gain growth increase progress recovery renovation revision rise upgrade

STRONG

amelioration amendment augmentation betterment civilization correction cultivation elevation enrichment furtherance meliorism preferment progression promotion rally reclamation rectification reformation regeneration upbeat

WEAK

upswing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decline decrease deterioration diminishment failure halt loss retreat retrogression stagnation stop stoppage

STRONG

demotion worsening

WEAK

damage diminishing harm hurt injury weakening

Example Sentences

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In other words, human evolution may have reached a point where further improvements to the biological "hardware" supporting language would have come at too great a cost to maternal and infant survival.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

But our successes in reducing veteran and family homelessness, and our improved knowledge about what works and for whom, should be getting us much closer to making substantial improvements, and hopefully sooner than later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In recent years Wessex Water has made considerable improvements to Somerset's sewage system, reducing the risk of overflows causing phospate pollution.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The BLS informed the GAO that it had tapped an “outside entity” to conduct a new study on the effects of lower survey response rates for the payroll survey data and to identify potential improvements.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

All this is not to deny that Watt, Edison, the Wright brothers, Morse, and Whitney made big improvements and thereby increased or inaugurated commercial success.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond