improvement

Meanings

Plural: improvements

Noun

• a change for the better; progress in development
• the act of improving something
  • "their improvements increased the value of the property"
• a condition superior to an earlier condition
  • "the new school represents a great improvement"
• The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
• The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
• The state of being improved; betterment; advance
• Something which is improved
• Increase; growth; progress; advance.
• Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
• A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Synonyms

advance, amelioration, betterment, improval, melioration

Antonyms

decline, deterioration, disimprovement, worsening

Related Words

uplift