Improvement is a term used to describe the act of making something better. However, in some cases, we also need to have a word that describes the opposite of improvement. The antonyms for improvement include deterioration, decline, regression, deterioration, worsening, and setback. Deterioration is a term that describes the state of something becoming progressively worse. It can be used in any context, from physical things such as a building to mental health. Decline is a synonym for deterioration, but it's often used to describe health, economic or cultural decline. Regression implies a return to an earlier state, such as regression in developmental psychology where people return to behavior patterns of an earlier developmental period. Lastly, worsening and setback describe the act of getting worse or hampering the progress of something.

What are the antonyms for Improvement?

• n.

  • anticlimax
  • anti climax
  ,
  • anti climaxes
  ,
  • anti-climax
  ,
  • anti-climaxes
  ,
  • dis appointment
  ,
  • dis appointments
  ,
  • dis-appointment
  ,
  • dis-appointments
  .
  • backsliding
  • lapse
  .
  • bad habit; sin
  • vice
  .
  • bettering; something bettered
  • Diminishment
  ,
  • damage
  ,
  • decline
  ,
  • decrease
  ,
  • demotion
  ,
  • deterioration
  ,
  • diminishing
  ,
  • failure
  ,
  • halt
  ,
  • harm
  ,
  • hurt
  ,
  • injury
  ,
  • loss
  ,
  • retreat
  ,
  • retrogression
  ,
  • stagnation
  ,
  • stop
  ,
  • stoppage
  ,
  • weakening
  ,
  • worsening
  .
  • breakage
  • impairment
  .
  • breaking down, collapse
  • decay
  .
  • comedown
  • Downs
  ,
  • cropper
  ,
  • croppers
  ,
  • de feat
  ,
  • de feats
  ,
  • de motion
  ,
  • de motions
  ,
  • de-feat
  ,
  • de-feats
  ,
  • de-motion
  ,
  • de-motions
  ,
  • deflation
  ,
  • deflations
  ,
  • pratfall
  ,
  • pratfalls
  ,
  • re verse
  ,
  • re-verse
  ,
  • un doing
  ,
  • un doings
  ,
  • un-doing
  ,
  • un-doings
  .
  • consumption
  • burnings
  ,
  • consumings
  ,
  • de crease
  ,
  • de creases
  ,
  • de solation
  ,
  • de solations
  ,
  • de-crease
  ,
  • de-creases
  ,
  • de-solation
  ,
  • de-solations
  ,
  • drinkings
  ,
  • using up
  ,
  • using ups
  .
  • corrosion
  • oxidation
  .
  • corrosion, disintegration
  • rot
  .
  • corruption
  • degeneracy
  .
  • damage
  • cave in
  ,
  • cave ins
  ,
  • cave-in
  ,
  • cave-ins
  ,
  • cavein
  ,
  • caveins
  ,
  • de basement
  ,
  • de basements
  ,
  • de privation
  ,
  • de privations
  ,
  • de-basement
  ,
  • de-basements
  ,
  • de-privation
  ,
  • de-privations
  ,
  • dis service
  ,
  • dis services
  ,
  • dis-service
  ,
  • dis-services
  ,
  • marrings
  ,
  • mis chief
  ,
  • mis chiefs
  ,
  • mis-chief
  ,
  • mis-chiefs
  ,
  • mutilation
  ,
  • mutilations
  ,
  • out rages
  ,
  • out-rage
  ,
  • out-rages
  ,
  • pollution
  ,
  • ruinings
  ,
  • wreckings
  .
  • death; destruction
  • dissolution
  .
  • decadence
  • Gluttonies
  ,
  • Sybaritism
  ,
  • de cadence
  ,
  • de cadences
  ,
  • de volution
  ,
  • de volutions
  ,
  • de-cadence
  ,
  • de-cadences
  ,
  • de-volution
  ,
  • de-volutions
  ,
  • devolution
  ,
  • devolutions
  ,
  • ex cess
  ,
  • ex-cess
  ,
  • ex-cesses
  ,
  • gluttony
  ,
  • in continence
  ,
  • in temperance
  ,
  • in temperances
  ,
  • in-continence
  ,
  • in-continences
  ,
  • in-temperances
  .
  • decay
  • Gangrenes
  ,
  • caries
  ,
  • crumblings
  ,
  • de cay
  ,
  • de cays
  ,
  • de-cay
  ,
  • de-cays
  ,
  • dis integration
  ,
  • dis integrations
  ,
  • dis repair
  ,
  • dis repairs
  ,
  • dis-integration
  ,
  • dis-integrations
  ,
  • dis-repair
  ,
  • dis-repairs
  ,
  • dyings
  ,
  • fadings
  ,
  • failings
  ,
  • gangrene
  ,
  • perishings
  ,
  • putrefaction
  ,
  • putrescence
  ,
  • putridities
  ,
  • putridity
  ,
  • putridness
  ,
  • rottings
  ,
  • spoilage
  ,
  • spoilation
  ,
  • spoilations
  ,
  • wasting away
  ,
  • wasting aways
  ,
  • wastings
  ,
  • witherings
  .
  • declension
  • de cadencies
  ,
  • de cadency
  ,
  • de-cadencies
  ,
  • de-cadency
  ,
  • decadencies
  ,
  • decadency
  .
  • decline
  • de cline
  ,
  • de clines
  ,
  • de-cline
  ,
  • de-clines
  ,
  • downswing
  ,
  • downtrend
  ,
  • downtrends
  ,
  • drop offs
  ,
  • drop-off
  ,
  • drop-offs
  ,
  • dwindlings
  ,
  • ebbings
  ,
  • fall offs
  ,
  • fall-offs
  ,
  • falling offs
  ,
  • in cline
  ,
  • in clines
  ,
  • in-cline
  ,
  • in-clines
  ,
  • lowerings
  ,
  • on skid
  ,
  • on skids
  ,
  • on the skid
  ,
  • on the skids
  ,
  • re cession
  ,
  • re cessions
  ,
  • re lapse
  ,
  • re lapses
  ,
  • re-cession
  ,
  • re-cessions
  ,
  • re-lapse
  ,
  • re-lapses
  ,
  • relapse
  ,
  • waning
  ,
  • weakenings
  ,
  • worsenings
  .
  • decomposition
  • atomization
  ,
  • atomizations
  ,
  • de composition
  ,
  • de compositions
  ,
  • de-composition
  ,
  • de-compositions
  .
  • defect
  • dis coloration
  ,
  • dis colorations
  ,
  • dis-coloration
  ,
  • dis-colorations
  ,
  • errors
  ,
  • flaw
  ,
  • in juries
  ,
  • in jury
  ,
  • in-jury
  ,
  • infirmity
  ,
  • knot
  ,
  • mis take
  ,
  • mis takes
  ,
  • mis-take
  ,
  • mis-takes
  ,
  • rough spot
  ,
  • rough spots
  ,
  • scar
  ,
  • speck
  .
  • degeneracy
  • Depravation
  ,
  • depravations
  .
  • degeneration
  • de generation
  ,
  • de generations
  ,
  • de-generation
  ,
  • de-generations
  .
  • degradation
  • de gradation
  ,
  • de gradations
  ,
  • de rogation
  ,
  • de rogations
  ,
  • de-gradation
  ,
  • de-gradations
  ,
  • de-rogation
  ,
  • de-rogations
  ,
  • dis credit
  ,
  • dis credits
  ,
  • dis grace
  ,
  • dis graces
  ,
  • dis honor
  ,
  • dis honors
  ,
  • dis-credit
  ,
  • dis-credits
  ,
  • dis-grace
  ,
  • dis-graces
  ,
  • dis-honor
  ,
  • dis-honors
  ,
  • downgradings
  .
  • demolition, devastation
  • destruction
  .
  • depravity, shame
  • degradation
  .
  • descent
  • Downcome
  ,
  • Prolapses
  ,
  • coming downs
  ,
  • de scent
  ,
  • de scents
  ,
  • de-scent
  ,
  • de-scents
  ,
  • downcomes
  ,
  • ex tractions
  ,
  • ex-traction
  ,
  • ex-tractions
  ,
  • plummetings
  ,
  • plungings
  ,
  • pro lapse
  ,
  • pro-lapse
  ,
  • pro-lapses
  ,
  • prolapse
  ,
  • sinkage
  ,
  • sinkages
  ,
  • sinkings
  ,
  • tailspin
  .
  • destruction
  • abolishings
  ,
  • assassinatings
  ,
  • crashings
  ,
  • crushings
  ,
  • dis integrating
  ,
  • dis solving
  ,
  • dis-integrating
  ,
  • dis-solving
  ,
  • disintegratings
  ,
  • disruptings
  ,
  • dissolvings
  ,
  • ex terminations
  ,
  • ex-termination
  ,
  • ex-terminations
  ,
  • extinguishings
  ,
  • havoc
  ,
  • in validating
  ,
  • in validation
  ,
  • in validations
  ,
  • in-validating
  ,
  • in-validation
  ,
  • invalidatings
  ,
  • over throw
  ,
  • over throws
  ,
  • over-throw
  ,
  • over-throws
  ,
  • ravagings
  ,
  • sackings
  ,
  • shatterings
  ,
  • slayings
  ,
  • sub version
  ,
  • sub versions
  ,
  • sub-version
  ,
  • sub-versions
  ,
  • subjugation
  ,
  • subjugations
  ,
  • subvertings
  .
  • deterioration
  • de valuation
  ,
  • de valuations
  ,
  • de-valuation
  ,
  • de-valuations
  ,
  • decayings
  ,
  • declension
  ,
  • declination
  ,
  • degeneration
  ,
  • degringolade
  ,
  • degringolades
  ,
  • dis location
  ,
  • dis locations
  ,
  • dis-location
  ,
  • dis-locations
  ,
  • entropy
  ,
  • spoilings
  ,
  • vitiation
  ,
  • vitiations
  .
  • devouring; use
  • consumption
  .
  • diminution
  • retrenchments
  .
  • disgrace, ruin
  • downfall
  .
  • disintegration
  • corrosion
  .
  • dissolution
  • Defunction
  ,
  • de cease
  ,
  • de ceases
  ,
  • de function
  ,
  • de functions
  ,
  • de mise
  ,
  • de mises
  ,
  • de-cease
  ,
  • de-ceases
  ,
  • de-function
  ,
  • de-functions
  ,
  • de-mise
  ,
  • de-mises
  ,
  • defunctions
  ,
  • dis appearance
  ,
  • dis appearances
  ,
  • dis continuation
  ,
  • dis continuations
  ,
  • dis missal
  ,
  • dis missals
  ,
  • dis solution
  ,
  • dis solutions
  ,
  • dis-appearance
  ,
  • dis-appearances
  ,
  • dis-continuation
  ,
  • dis-continuations
  ,
  • dis-missal
  ,
  • dis-missals
  ,
  • dis-solution
  ,
  • dis-solutions
  ,
  • disbandment
  ,
  • disbandments
  ,
  • liquefactions
  ,
  • meltings
  ,
  • re lease
  ,
  • re leases
  ,
  • re solutions
  ,
  • re-lease
  ,
  • re-leases
  ,
  • re-solution
  ,
  • re-solutions
  .
  • downfall
  • de luge
  ,
  • de luges
  ,
  • de-luge
  ,
  • de-luges
  ,
  • on rock
  ,
  • on the rock
  ,
  • on the rocks
  ,
  • rack ruin
  ,
  • road ruin
  ,
  • road to ruin
  ,
  • the skid
  ,
  • the skids
  .
  • downturn
  • downtick
  ,
  • downticks
  ,
  • re treats
  ,
  • re-treat
  ,
  • re-treats
  .
  • drop
  • downturn
  ,
  • up set
  ,
  • up sets
  ,
  • up-set
  ,
  • up-sets
  .
  • ebb
  • Refluence
  ,
  • Retrocession
  ,
  • backflow
  ,
  • backflows
  ,
  • fading aways
  ,
  • flaggings
  ,
  • going outs
  ,
  • low waters
  ,
  • outward flow
  ,
  • outward flows
  ,
  • petering outs
  ,
  • re flux
  ,
  • re fluxes
  ,
  • re-fluxes
  ,
  • refluences
  ,
  • reflux
  ,
  • refluxes
  ,
  • retro cession
  ,
  • retro cessions
  ,
  • retro fluxes
  ,
  • retro-cession
  ,
  • retro-cessions
  ,
  • retro-flux
  ,
  • retro-fluxes
  ,
  • retroflux
  ,
  • retrofluxes
  .
  • entropy
  • falling aparts
  .
  • failure
  • Non-performance
  ,
  • flash in pan
  ,
  • flash the pan
  ,
  • implosion
  ,
  • implosions
  ,
  • in adequacies
  ,
  • in adequacy
  ,
  • in-adequacies
  ,
  • in-adequacy
  ,
  • insolvency
  ,
  • lead balloon
  ,
  • lead balloons
  ,
  • mis adventure
  ,
  • mis adventures
  ,
  • mis carriage
  ,
  • mis carriages
  ,
  • mis steps
  ,
  • mis-adventure
  ,
  • mis-adventures
  ,
  • mis-carriages
  ,
  • non performance
  ,
  • non performances
  ,
  • non success
  ,
  • non successes
  ,
  • non-successes
  ,
  • nonfeasance
  ,
  • nonperformance
  ,
  • nonperformances
  ,
  • nonsuccess
  ,
  • nonsuccesses
  ,
  • sinking ship
  ,
  • sinking ships
  ,
  • total loss
  ,
  • total losses
  .
  • fall
  • nosedive
  .
  • ill
  • badness
  ,
  • badnesses
  ,
  • dis ease
  ,
  • dis eases
  ,
  • dis order
  ,
  • dis orders
  ,
  • dis-ease
  ,
  • dis-eases
  ,
  • dis-order
  ,
  • dis-orders
  ,
  • in disposition
  ,
  • in dispositions
  ,
  • in-disposition
  ,
  • in-dispositions
  ,
  • un pleasantness
  ,
  • un pleasantnesses
  ,
  • un-pleasantness
  ,
  • un-pleasantnesses
  .
  • impairment
  • ruined good
  .
  • ineffective conclusion
  • anticlimax
  .
  • infirmity
  • Diseasedness
  ,
  • Sickliness
  ,
  • Unhealth
  ,
  • ailings
  ,
  • diseasednesses
  ,
  • flus
  ,
  • ill health
  ,
  • ill healths
  ,
  • insubstantiality
  ,
  • puniness
  ,
  • sicklinesses
  ,
  • un healthiness
  ,
  • un healthinesses
  ,
  • un healths
  ,
  • un wellness
  ,
  • un-health
  ,
  • un-healthiness
  ,
  • un-healthinesses
  ,
  • un-healths
  ,
  • un-wellness
  ,
  • un-wellnesses
  ,
  • unhealthinesses
  ,
  • unhealths
  ,
  • unsoundness
  ,
  • unwellness
  ,
  • unwellnesses
  .
  • injury, loss
  • damage(s)
  .
  • insolvency
  • in solvency
  ,
  • in-solvencies
  ,
  • in-solvency
  .
  • insubstantiality
  • in substantialities
  ,
  • in-substantialities
  ,
  • in-substantiality
  ,
  • un substantialities
  ,
  • un substantiality
  ,
  • un-substantialities
  ,
  • un-substantiality
  .
  • lapse
  • recidivism
  ,
  • retro gradation
  ,
  • retro gradations
  ,
  • retro-gradations
  .
  • lessening, reduction
  • diminution
  .
  • letdown, blow
  • comedown
  .
  • loss
  • de bit
  ,
  • de bits
  ,
  • de-bit
  ,
  • de-bits
  ,
  • dis advantage
  ,
  • dis advantages
  ,
  • dis possession
  ,
  • dis possessions
  ,
  • dis-advantage
  ,
  • dis-advantages
  ,
  • dis-possession
  ,
  • dis-possessions
  ,
  • losings
  ,
  • mis laying
  ,
  • mis placing
  ,
  • mis-laying
  ,
  • mis-placing
  ,
  • mislayings
  ,
  • misplacement
  ,
  • misplacings
  ,
  • squanderings
  .
  • misfortune
  • ill
  .
  • misplacement
  • mis placement
  ,
  • mis placements
  ,
  • mis-placements
  .
  • moving down; lowering
  • descent
  .
  • nonfeasance
  • Non-feasance
  ,
  • de fault
  ,
  • de faults
  ,
  • de-fault
  ,
  • de-faults
  ,
  • non feasance
  ,
  • non feasances
  ,
  • non-feasances
  .
  • nosedive
  • downward slope
  ,
  • downward slopes
  ,
  • nose dive
  ,
  • nose dives
  .
  • noun
  • Languishment
  ,
  • breakdown
  ,
  • collapse
  ,
  • crash
  ,
  • decadence
  ,
  • disablement
  ,
  • disadvantage
  ,
  • downgrade
  ,
  • drawback
  ,
  • ebbing
  ,
  • failing
  ,
  • flagging
  ,
  • glitch
  ,
  • hindrance
  ,
  • impediment
  ,
  • lessening
  ,
  • reduction
  ,
  • ruin
  ,
  • setback
  ,
  • shortcoming
  ,
  • sinking
  ,
  • slowing
  ,
  • stumbling block
  ,
  • waste
  .
  • putrefaction
  • rottenness
  ,
  • rottennesses
  .
  • regression; decline
  • ebb
  .
  • rot, breakdown
  • decomposition
  .
  • ruin
  • crackup
  ,
  • crackups
  ,
  • the end
  ,
  • the ends
  .
  • unsoundness
  • un soundness
  ,
  • un-soundness
  ,
  • un-soundnesses
  .
  • use, corrosion
  • wear
  .
  • vice
  • Lubricity
  ,
  • in decencies
  ,
  • in decency
  ,
  • in-decencies
  ,
  • in-decency
  ,
  • looseness
  ,
  • loosenesses
  ,
  • lubricities
  ,
  • maleficences
  ,
  • malignance
  ,
  • malignances
  .
  • waste
  • Unthriftiness
  ,
  • lost opportunities
  ,
  • lost opportunity
  ,
  • mis application
  ,
  • mis applications
  ,
  • mis-application
  ,
  • mis-applications
  ,
  • over doing
  ,
  • over doings
  ,
  • over-doing
  ,
  • over-doings
  ,
  • overdoings
  ,
  • un thriftiness
  ,
  • un thriftinesses
  ,
  • un-thriftiness
  ,
  • un-thriftinesses
  ,
  • unthriftinesses
  ,
  • wastage
  ,
  • wastages
  .
  • wasting away, disintegration
  • atrophy
  .
  • wear
  • in road
  ,
  • in roads
  ,
  • in-road
  ,
  • in-roads
  .

• Other relevant words:

• defect
,
• drop
.

Usage examples for Improvement

Famous quotes with Improvement

• Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.

  Felix Adler
• He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

  Henri Frederic Amiel
• So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of self-improvement. I know we can continue to improve. There is no issue. But at the same time, our absolute level of output is fantastic.

  Steve Ballmer
• Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.

  Bo Bennett
• Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.

  Hugh Blair

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