Synonyms of ameliorated

ameliorated

verb

past tense of ameliorate

as in improved

to make better

social legislation that must be given credit for ameliorating the lot of millions of deprived people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improved
• enhanced
• remedied
• amended
• refined
• enriched
• upgraded
• perfected
• helped
• bettered
• remediated
• meliorated
• reinforced
• corrected
• rectified
• intensified
• strengthened
• revised
• rehabilitated
• reformed
• emended
• edited
• reworked
• redrafted
• refurbished
• revamped
• boosted
• fine-tuned
• fined
• fortified
• polished
• honed
• retouched
• rehabbed
• beefed (up)
• touched up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worsened
• impaired
• damaged
• hurt
• harmed
• injured
• reduced
• tarnished
• vitiated
• spoiled
• diminished
• marred
• lessened
• flawed
• disfigured
• blighted
• defaced
• lowered
• endamaged
• blemished

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ameliorated

Since then the institutions of American aging have reproduced rather than ameliorated the inequalities and injustices of the wider American economy. —Trevor Jackson, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026

Of course, with so many personnel across the agency already gone, some damage can’t be undone, but it will be greatly ameliorated. —Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025