AMELIORATIVE Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

ameliorative

adjective

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Recent Examples of ameliorative To Karp’s credit, his interviewers struck an ameliorative tone. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026

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Adjective

Love is the capacity to hold difference without fragmentation, to bring parts into relationship without erasing their uniqueness and to align intelligence with constructive becoming.

— Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Trade timing & outlook EBAY has been building a constructive base above the $105 support level after a sharp move higher earlier this year.

— Tony Zhang, CNBC, 1 July 2026

Definition of constructive

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There is no specific treatment for hantavirus infections and patients usually receive supportive care like supplemental oxygen for respiratory issues and dialysis in the case of kidney failure.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Standard supportive care, especially if started early, can help and the WHO says more than 200 people have recovered.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of supportive

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Those humans who currently get degrees in philosophy tend to find gainful employment not because organizations need philosophers, but because companies want people who have strong writing skills, can do analyses, think in abstractions, and have heightened communication skills.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
But in a bleak youth job market, there’s a growing recognition that crossing the graduation stage is not always enough to put young people on a path to gainful employment.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026

Definition of gainful

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This is in large part because 401(k)-type plans became more common and, according to the paper, displaced more liquid and less remunerative forms of saving such as checking accounts.

— Allison Schrager, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
These hothouses draw an inexhaustible supply of idealistic pilgrims who’ve chosen to forego more stable and remunerative career paths in pursuit of the high-wire act that is a meaningful creative life.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Definition of remunerative

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Cloud infrastructure has proven to be highly lucrative for hyperscaler peers Amazon, Microsoft and Google, and Zuckerberg has hinted of late that Meta could be headed in that direction.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 2 July 2026
That might mean gutting labor or safety standards that would delay the technology’s rollout, ignoring anticompetitive acts, or providing favors in the form of cheap loans or lucrative government contracts.

— Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

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