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ameliorative

a·mel·io·rate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-meel-yuh-reyt, uh-mee-lee-uh-]
    • /əˈmil yəˌreɪt, əˈmi li ə-/
    • /ə.ˈmiː.ljə.rə.tɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-meel-yuh-reyt, uh-mee-lee-uh-]
    • /əˈmil yəˌreɪt, əˈmi li ə-/

Definition of ameliorative word

  • noun ameliorative Able to repair or ameliorate. 1

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Origin of ameliorative

First appearance:

before 1760
One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1760-70; a-5 + meliorate

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Parts of speech for Ameliorative

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ameliorative popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

ameliorative usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ameliorative

adj ameliorative

  • curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
  • beneficial — Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives.
  • salutary — favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
  • remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
  • good — Graph-Oriented Object Database

adjective ameliorative

  • healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.

Antonyms for ameliorative

adj ameliorative

  • harmful — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
  • injurious — harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious eating habits.
  • damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
  • hurtful — causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.
  • hurting — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.

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