Synonyms and related words :
accommodate, acculturate, adjust, admonish, advance, ameliorate, amend, arrange, better, boost, bring forward, bring to book, bring to terms, call to account, chastise, chide, civilize, close, close with, compose, conclude, correct, disentangle, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enlighten, enrich, extend, fatten, favor, fix, flatten, forward, foster, go straight, have words with, improve, improve upon, lard, lecture, lift, make an improvement, make peace, make up, meliorate, mend, nurture, objurgate, promote, put straight, raise, rate, rebuke, rectify, refine upon, reform, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, set down, set straight, settle, settle with, sit up, smooth, socialize, spank, stand up, straighten, straighten up, take down, take to task, transfigure, transform, unbend, uncurl, unkink, unsnarl, upbraid, upgrade, uplift, work out