melioration
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
Types & categories
- improvement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a condition superior to an earlier condition
the new school represents a great improvement
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
- betterment hyponym
- development hyponym
- reformation hyponym
- refurbishment hyponym
Related & opposite
- declination antonym
- improve derivation
- improve derivation
Sense 3 noun
the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
Types & categories
- drift hypernym
Related & opposite
- improve derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | improve |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | improve |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | improvement |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | declination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | improve |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | improve |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | betterment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | development |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reformation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | refurbishment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | improve |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | drift |