Unimproved: alternatives and connections

That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance…

In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.

To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

Capacity of being used or improved.

A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun.

the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity a…

Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.

Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States.

The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, we…

Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.

To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual cri…

Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as,…

An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence,…

To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of te…

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman…

Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.

Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.