| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| verbeter | ⇆ ameliorate; ⇆ amend; ⇆ better; ⇆ correct; ⇆ emend; ⇆ grade up; ⇆ improve; ⇆ meliorate; ⇆ mend; ⇆ put right; ⇆ reclaim; ⇆ rectify; ⇆ redress; ⇆ reform; ⇆ remedy; ⇆ revise; ⇆ right |
| beter | ⇆ better; ⇆ superior |
| onverbeter | ⇆ uncorrected; ⇆ unimproved; ⇆ unreformed |
| onverbeterd | ⇆ unimproved; ⇆ unreformed |
| verbeteraar | ⇆ corrector; ⇆ emendator; ⇆ improver; ⇆ rectifier; ⇆ reviser |
| verbeterbaar | ⇆ amendable; ⇆ corrigible; ⇆ improvable; ⇆ mendable; ⇆ rectifiable |
| verbeterend | ⇆ ameliorative; ⇆ corrective; ⇆ emendatory; ⇆ melioriative; ⇆ reformative |
| verbeterhuis | ⇆ house of correction; ⇆ home; ⇆ penitentiary; ⇆ reformatory |
| verbetering | ⇆ amelioration; ⇆ amendment; ⇆ betterment; ⇆ corrigendum; ⇆ correction; ⇆ emendation; ⇆ reform; ⇆ improvement; ⇆ melioration; ⇆ mending; ⇆ rally; ⇆ reclamation; ⇆ rectification |
| verbeterlik | ⇆ corrigible |
| verbetermiddel | ⇆ corrective |