self-improvementnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌself.ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/us/ˌself.ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/the activity of learning new things on your own that make you a more skilled or able person:
In the interest of self-improvement, I took a Spanish course.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming better
- alive
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- come along
- consolidate
- move
- move on to bigger/better things idiom
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- perk up
- pick
- rally
- shape
- straighten up
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- turn the corner idiom
- warm
- warm up
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