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improvement
Overview of noun improvement
The noun improvement has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (8) improvement -- (the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property")
2. (7) improvement, betterment, advance -- (a change for the better; progress in development)
3. (5) improvement, melioration -- (a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun improvement
3 senses of improvement
Sense 1
improvement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
improvement, betterment, advance
=> transformation, transmutation, shift
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
improvement, melioration
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun improvement
3 senses of improvement
Sense 1
improvement
=> tenderization, tenderisation
=> development
=> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
=> correction, rectification
=> optimization, optimisation
=> perfection
=> reform
=> amelioration, melioration, betterment
=> self-improvement, self-reformation
=> clearing, clarification
=> enrichment
=> humanization, humanisation
=> modernization, modernisation
=> renovation, redevelopment, overhaul
=> enhancement, sweetening
=> upturn
=> ventilation, airing
=> repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
=> stabilization, stabilisation
=> upgrade
Sense 2
improvement, betterment, advance
=> revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, revivification
=> refinement, elaboration
=> adjustment, accommodation, fitting
=> conservation, preservation
=> recovery
Sense 3
improvement, melioration
=> betterment
=> development
=> reformation
=> renovation, restoration, refurbishment
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun improvement
3 senses of improvement
Sense 1
improvement
=> change of state
Sense 2
improvement, betterment, advance
=> transformation, transmutation, shift
Sense 3
improvement, melioration
=> condition, status
Antonyms of noun improvement
1 of 3 senses of improvement
Sense 3
improvement, melioration
Antonym of decline (Sense 2)
=>decline, declination
Member Holonyms of noun improvement
Substance Holonyms of noun improvement
Part Holonyms of noun improvement
Member Meronyms of noun improvement
Substance Meronyms of noun improvement
Part Meronyms of noun improvement
Meronyms of noun improvement
Holonyms of noun improvement
Attributes of noun improvement
Derived Forms of noun improvement
3 senses of improvement
Sense 1
improvement
RELATED TO>(verb) improve#1
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sense 2
improvement, betterment, advance
RELATED TO>(verb) improve#2
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
Sense 3
improvement, melioration
RELATED TO>(verb) improve#2
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
Domain of noun improvement
Domain Terms of noun improvement
Familiarity of noun improvement
improvement used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun improvement
3 senses of improvement
Sense 1
improvement
> change of state
=> aeration
=> passage, transition
=> meddling, tampering
=> transfer, transference
=> termination, ending, conclusion
=> nullification, override
=> reversal
=> beginning, start, commencement
=> arousal, rousing
=> cooking, cookery, preparation
=> seasoning
=> infusion
=> improvement
=> beautification
=> decoration
=> worsening
=> degradation, debasement
=> change of color
=> soiling, soilure, dirtying
=> wetting
=> chew, chewing, mastication, manduction
=> defoliation
=> specialization, specialisation
=> spiritualization, spiritualisation
Sense 2
improvement, betterment, advance
> transformation, transmutation, shift
=> improvement, betterment, advance
=> population shift
=> pyrolysis
=> sea change
=> sublimation
=> tin pest, tin disease, tin plague
=> conversion, transition, changeover
=> degeneration, retrogression
=> strengthening
=> weakening
Sense 3
improvement, melioration
> condition, status
=> anchorage
=> health
=> mode
=> niche, ecological niche
=> noise conditions
=> participation, involvement
=> prepossession
=> regularization, regularisation
=> saturation
=> silence
=> situation, position
=> ski conditions
=> nomination
=> standardization, standardisation
=> stigmatism
=> astigmatism, astigmia
=> way
=> circumstance
=> homelessness
=> reinstatement
=> place
=> celibacy
=> virginity
=> innocence
=> purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
=> guilt, guiltiness
=> encapsulation
=> polarization, polarisation
=> pathological state
=> disorder, upset
=> hyalinization, hyalinisation
=> vacuolization, vacuolisation, vacuolation
=> protuberance
=> curvature
=> psychological state, mental state
=> difficulty
=> improvement, melioration
=> decline, declination
=> ennoblement
=> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
=> comfort, comfortableness
=> discomfort, uncomfortableness
=> need, demand
=> fullness
=> emptiness
=> nakedness, nudity, nudeness
=> hairlessness, depilation
=> dishabille, deshabille
=> hopefulness
=> despair, desperation
=> purity, pureness
=> impurity, impureness
=> financial condition, economic condition
=> sanitary condition
=> tilth
=> orderliness, order
=> disorderliness, disorder
=> normality, normalcy
=> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
=> lactosuria
=> environmental condition
=> climate, mood
=> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
=> unsusceptibility, immunity
=> immunity, resistance
=> subservience
=> susceptibility, susceptibleness
=> wetness
=> dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
=> safety
=> danger
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia
=> laxness, laxity
=> repair
=> soundness
=> mutism, muteness
=> eye condition
=> unsoundness
=> impropriety
=> iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
=> light, illumination
=> malady
=> serration
=> absolution
=> automation
=> brutalization, brutalisation
=> condemnation
=> deification
=> diversification
=> exoneration
=> facilitation
=> frizz
=> fruition
=> hospitalization
=> identification
=> impaction
=> ionization, ionisation
=> irradiation
=> leakiness
=> lubrication
=> mechanization, mechanisation
=> motivation
=> mummification
=> preservation
=> prognathism
=> rustication
=> rustiness
=> scandalization, scandalisation
=> submission
=> urbanization, urbanisation
Meronyms of noun improvement
3 senses of improvement
Holonyms of noun improvement
Grep of noun improvement
improvement
self-improvement
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