meliorate
Enhance the situation
Meliorate means to make better or to improve.
The word is formal and somewhat rare, more often encountered in academic or technical writing than everyday speech: policies designed to meliorate urban poverty.
The noun form is melioration.
Ameliorate is a more common synonym with the same meaning.
Of higher quality
- enhanceIncrease in quality
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- refineRemove impurities from
- polishSmooth by rubbing
optimize · elevate · enrich · advance · augment · boost · develop · hone
Curative treatment or fix
- cureTreatment that heals
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- recuperateHeal after illness
- convalesceRegain strength after sickness
rehabilitate · restoration · mend · therapy · treatment · healing · palliate · soothe
Complete systematic repair
- rectifyTo make something right
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
- modernizeMake contemporary
revise · renewal · redress · reorganize · amend · reclamation · reconstitute · realign
Forward movement or promotion
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- growthIncrease in size
- breakthroughSudden important advance
improvement · momentum · upswing · flourishing · enrichment · maturation · optimization · elevation
better
Of higher quality
polish · optimize · elevate · enrich · advance · augment · boost · develop · hone · perfect
remedy
Curative treatment or fix
- cureTreatment that heals
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- recuperateHeal after illness
convalesce · rehabilitate · restoration · mend · therapy · treatment · healing · palliate · soothe · regenerate
overhaul
Complete systematic repair
- rectifyTo make something right
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
modernize · revise · renewal · redress · reorganize · amend · reclamation · reconstitute · realign · remedy
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- growthIncrease in size
breakthrough · improvement · momentum · upswing · flourishing · enrichment · maturation · optimization · elevation · betterment