Words and phrases that have a meaning related to ameliorate: (168 results)
Antonyms:
aggravate, decline, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen
Often used in the same context:
alleviate, mitigate, forestall, exacerbate, lessen, relieve, counteract, remedy, palliate, aggravate, obviate, attenuate, minimize, assuage, rectify, reduce, elucidate, solve, undo, avert, stave off, allay, sooth, perpetuate, redressing, protract, extirpate, meliorate, negate, eradicate, ease, worsen, sensitize, induce, soften, overcome, prolong, insulate, engender, surmount, amplify, precipitate, decongest, cure, magnify, dispel, normalize, quell, trivialize, heighten, vitiate, smoothen, stem, abate, diminish, institutionalize, entrench, neutralize, prevent, stimulate, preempt, resolve, banish, soothe, curtail, dampen, eliminate, circumvent, rationalize, mediate, curb, inhibit, defuse, desensitise, potentiate, enlighten, catalyze, efface, hasten, externalise, addressing, accentuate, lighten, legitimize, deepen, communalise, reverse, humanise, undermine, becloud, extenuate, counterbalance, suppress, apprise, salve, compensate, avoid, cauterise, tamp down, constrain, prettify, effecting
More specific:
advance, aid, beautify, bounce back, build, bushel, condition, convalesce, develop, distill, doctor, down, educate, embellish, emend, enhance, enrich, fine-tune, fix, fructify, furbish up, get over, get well, heal, help, hone, iron out, lift, make pure, mend, perfect, pick up, polish, pull round, purify, put right, raise, recover, recuperate, refine, reform, regenerate, rehabilitate, remit, repair, restore, revitalize, straighten out, sublimate, touch on, turn around, upgrade
Appears in the definition of:
amelioratinga, ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative
More general:
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