Synonyms of the word

hone

• n. A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a…
• n. A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
• v. To sharpen with a hone.
• v. To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
• v. To refine or master (a skill).
• v. To make more acute, intense, or effective.
• v. To pine; to lament; to long.
• n. A kind of swelling in the cheek.
• v. (Britain, US, Southern US, dialect) To grumble.
• v. (Britain, US, Southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.

ameliorate

• v. (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

amend

• v. (transitive) To make better.
• v. (intransitive) To become better.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
• v. (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

better

• adj. comparative form of good: more good.
• adj. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
• n. An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
• v. (transitive) To improve.
• v. (intransitive) To become better; to improve.
• v. (transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
• v. (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
• v. (colloquial) Had better.
• n. Alternative spelling of bettor.

improve

• v. (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
• v. (intransitive) To become better.
• v. (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
• v. (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
• v. (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

meliorate

• v. (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.

perfect

• adj. Fitting its definition precisely.
• adj. Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
• adj. Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
• adj. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
• adj. (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
• adj. (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
• adj. (botany) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
• adj. (analysis) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
• adj. (music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that…
• adj. (of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
• adj. (obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure.
• n. (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
• v. (transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
• v. (law) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.

sharpen

• v. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To make sharp.

whetstone

• n. A sharpening stone, a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with…
• n. (computing) A benchmark for evaluating the power of a computer.