MELIORATION Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

melioration

noun

Definition of melioration

as in amelioration

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Noun

The storm, located a little more than 500 miles east of the northern Philippines, has been taking advantage of ideal conditions for tropical cyclone sustenance and strengthening.

— Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
The rebuttal is that much of this outlay has been wasteful, blown on poor recruitment choices while other areas badly in need of strengthening have been neglected.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of strengthening

Noun

By adjusting the distance between the tips, the team could stretch or compress the molecular structure, changing the voltage at which the current enhancement began.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
In some of the advertisements during this election cycle, AI was used for aesthetic enhancements, such as improving image quality or dramatizing events in the candidate’s life.

— Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of enhancement

Noun

Maine, North Carolina and Ohio also have seen increases of more than 30% in early in-person and mail voting compared with the same point in 2022.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Washington State reported a much lower $86 million for 2026; however, that’s an increase of $11 million from 2025, as the athletic department has returned to a budget equal to the final year of the old Pac-12 in fiscal 2024.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of increase

Noun

Improving short-term momentum and a pending oversold upturn in the SPDR S & P Retail ETF (XRT) support a short-term relief rally within the long-term uptrend.

— , CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
The gentle upturn at the corners of the mouth gives Samoyeds a cheerful look, one suited to a major fashion campaign.

— Pat Mueller, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of upturn

Noun

All of this, these characters are told, is for their betterment.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
The city will be giving up potential future property tax revenue for the betterment of the Midway District, its surrounding area and the city at large.

— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of betterment

Noun

Beauty, the Food Halls and the Gift Box Beauty and the Food Halls see the strongest uplift during the Diwali period, according to Bright, with gifting running through the entire customer journey.

— Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Given that this uplift comes from the algorithm not weighing GPU performance as heavily, the underlying native frame rate should be higher, reducing the more typical artifacts of frame generation.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of uplift

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