ameliorative

1. 1.

   tending to ameliorate

   Synonymsamelioratingamelioratorymeliorative

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Questions about ameliorative

What does ameliorative mean?

ameliorative means "tending to ameliorate".

How many syllables are in ameliorative?

ameliorative has 6 syllables: a-me-li-o-ra-tive. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for ameliorative?

Close synonyms include ameliorating, amelioratory, meliorative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ameliorative a common word?

ameliorative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.