'amend' definitions:
Definition of 'amend'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make amendments to; "amend the document"
verb
To make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen]
verb
Synonyms of 'amend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acculturate,
- advance,
- ameliorate,
- better,
- blue-pencil,
- boost,
- bring forward,
- civilize,
- come along,
- come on,
- compensate,
- correct,
- develop,
- edify,
- edit,
- educate,
- elevate,
- emend,
- emendate,
- enhance,
- enlighten,
- enrich,
- fatten,
- favor,
- fix,
- forward,
- foster,
- gain,
- gain ground,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- give satisfaction,
- go ahead,
- go forward,
- go straight,
- graduate,
- grow better,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- lard,
- lift,
- look up,
- make all square,
- make an improvement,
- make good,
- make headway,
- make progress,
- make right,
- make strides,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- new-model,
- nurture,
- pay reparations,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- progress,
- promote,
- put right,
- put straight,
- put to rights,
- raise,
- re-form,
- recense,
- reclaim,
- recompense,
- rectify,
- redact,
- redeem,
- redraft,
- redress,
- refashion,
- refine upon,
- reform,
- regenerate,
- remedy,
- remodel,
- remunerate,
- renew,
- repair,
- requite,
- reshape,
- restore self-respect,
- revamp,
- revise,
- rework,
- rewrite,
- right,
- set right,
- set straight,
- set to rights,
- set up,
- shape up,
- show improvement,
- skyrocket,
- socialize,
- straighten out,
- take off,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- upgrade,
- uplift,
- work over