getting better
Making steady progress
Getting better describes improvement or recovery from a negative state.
Someone sick is getting better when their health improves.
A skill gets better with practice.
The phrase often carries optimism about trajectory rather than arrival: How's your knee? —Getting better, thanks.
It can also note incremental progress: The reviews are getting better with each album.
- improvingBecoming more capable
- turning a cornerChanging course or improving
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- recuperationGradual return to health
second wind · bounce back · progression · upward trend · recovery · enhancement · rehabilitation · gaining ground · mending · rallying · remission · on the mend · back on track · stronger · wellness · breakthrough · healthier · proficiency
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
- well wishesget well soon, bless you, take care, speedy recovery, wishing you well
getting bettergetting worse
worsening · deteriorating · declining · going downhill · degenerating
getting betterstagnating
Ceasing to develop
plateauing · flatlined · stuck · going nowhere · standing still
better, forget, forgotten, getting, gotten, forgets, unforgettable, forgetfulness, forgettable