improve
Raise the quality
Improve means to make something better or to become better.
You might improve your skills through practice, improve a recipe by adjusting ingredients, or notice that the weather has improved.
The word applies broadly—to quality, condition, performance, health, or circumstances.
When something improves on or upon something else, it surpasses or does better than the original: The sequel improved on the first film in every way.
Regain health or possession
- recuperateHeal after illness
- mendRestore after damage
- convalesceRegain strength after sickness
- rehabilitateReturn to good condition
rally · bounce-back · therapy · treatment · wellness · remission · progress · strengthen
Repair or solution
- mendRestore after damage
- patchMaterial covering damage
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
rebuild · overhaul · service · recondition · renovate · revive · rehabilitate · recuperate
Increase in strength
- boostUpward push or increase
- elevateTo raise upward
- heightenIncrease in degree
- intensifyIncrease in degree
strengthen · augment · enrich · fortify · reinforce · magnify · deepen · uplift
Make keener or better
- sharpenMake keener or finer
- tweakMinor adjustment
- adjustChange to fit better
- fine-tuneAdjust for optimal performance
calibrate · polish · perfect · edit · revise · amend · correct · rectify
New version or information
- modernizeMake contemporary
- retrofitUpdate existing equipment
- refreshRestore energy or newness
- renewMake valid again
remodel · transform · convert · redesign · retool · revamp · innovate · digitize
Forward movement or promotion
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
- bettermentEnhancement of condition
- headwayForward progress achieved
breakthrough · momentum · gains · strides · evolution · trajectory · milestones · achievement
Productive without waste
- performanceCarrying out a task
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- productivityOutput relative to input
- systematizeArrange into ordered structure
benchmark · fine-tuning · automation · process · throughput · scalability · lean · kaizen
recover
Regain health or possession
- recuperateHeal after illness
- mendRestore after damage
- convalesceRegain strength after sickness
rehabilitate · rally · bounce-back · therapy · treatment · wellness · remission · progress · strengthen · stabilize
fix
Repair or solution
remedy · rebuild · overhaul · service · recondition · renovate · revive · rehabilitate · recuperate · salvage
amplify
Increase in strength
intensify · strengthen · augment · enrich · fortify · reinforce · magnify · deepen · uplift · advance
hone
Make keener or better
fine-tune · calibrate · polish · perfect · edit · revise · amend · correct · rectify · rework
update
New version or information
renew · remodel · transform · convert · redesign · retool · revamp · innovate · digitize · automate
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
- bettermentEnhancement of condition
headway · breakthrough · momentum · gains · strides · evolution · trajectory · milestones · achievement · success
efficiency
Productive without waste
- performanceCarrying out a task
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- productivityOutput relative to input
systematize · benchmark · fine-tuning · automation · process · throughput · scalability · lean · kaizen · quality
- adjustmentsadjustment, tweaks, adjust, shifts, fixes
- efficiencyoptimization, efficient, streamlining, effective, optimize
- improveenhance, better, refine, upgrade, boost
- innovationinnovation, invention, innovative, innovate, breakthrough
- motivational phrasesdream big, try harder, no excuses, overcome, triumph
- Personal Changereform, repent, turn over a new leaf, straighten up, rehabilitate
improveworsen
Become more severe
deteriorate · decline · degrade · degenerate · regress
improveworsen
Become more severe
deteriorate · decline · take a turn for the worse · fail · weaken
- improv comedyUnscripted comedic theater
- home improvementUpgrading one's residence
- new and improvedRecently updated and enhanced
- improve onMake superior to before
- needs improvementBelow acceptable quality
- improve uponExceed previous quality
improvement, improved, improving, improvise, improves, improvements, unimproved, improv, improver