- improving, up - getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"
Antonym: falling (indirect, via rising)
- better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun improvement1, noun improver1, noun improver2
They improve their earnings this year
- better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
--2 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun improvement3, noun improvement2
Their earnings improve this year