improve: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 14 letter points · starts with I · ends with E
Meaning of improve
verb
- transitive
To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
Example: Painting the woodwork will improve this house.
- intransitive
To become better.
Example: I have improved since taking the tablets.
- dated
To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
Example: to improve one's time; to improve his means
Listed forms: improves, improving, improved, emprove.
Source: Wiktionary — improve.
verb
- obsolete
To disprove or make void; to refute.
- obsolete
To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
Listed forms: improves, improving, improved.
Source: Wiktionary — improve.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for improve.
verb
to make better
verb
get better
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is improve in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of improve
I(1) + M(3) + P(3) + R(1) + O(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 14 points.
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Anagrams of improve
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from improve
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