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Synonyms for better
ˈbɛt ərbet·ter
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
better
To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. Advance, better, and improve may refer either to what is quite imperfect or to what has reached a high degree of excellence; we advance the kingdom of God, improve the minds of our children, better the morals of the people. But for matters below the point of ordinary approval we seldom use these words; we do not speak of bettering a wretched alley, or improving a foul sewer. There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words. We correct evils, reform abuses, rectify incidental conditions of evil or error; we ameliorate poverty and misery, which we can not wholly remove. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective. A text, writing, or statement is amended by the author or by some adequate authority; it is often emended by conjecture. A motion is amended by the mover or by the assembly; a constitution is amended by the people; an ancient text is emended by a critic who believes that what seems to him the better reading is what the author wrote. Compare ALLEVIATE.
Synonyms:
advance, ameliorate, amend, cleanse, correct, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repairAntonyms:
aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
betterverb
Synonyms:
meliorate, improve, amend, emend, ameliorate, rectify, reformAntonyms:
make worse
Princeton's WordNet
betternoun
something superior in quality or condition or effect
"a change for the better"
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punter, wagerer, bettorAntonyms:
inadvisable, minor, worse, unadvisable, worsened, exasperate, worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, declinebettor, better, wagerer, punternoun
someone who bets
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punter, wagerer, bettorAntonyms:
worsened, minor, unadvisable, worse, inadvisable, exacerbate, decline, exasperate, aggravate, worsenbetternoun
a superior person having claim to precedence
"the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"
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punter, wagerer, bettorAntonyms:
worse, minor, unadvisable, worsened, inadvisable, aggravate, worsen, exacerbate, exasperate, declinebetteradjective
the superior one of two alternatives
"chose the better of the two"
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punter, wagerer, bettorAntonyms:
worse, inadvisable, worsened, unadvisable, minor, worsen, exasperate, aggravate, decline, exacerbatebetteradjective
(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
"You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history"
Antonyms:
worsened, inadvisable, worse, unadvisable, minor, exasperate, aggravate, worsen, exacerbate, declinebetteradjective
(comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
"her health is better now"; "I feel better"
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worsened, worse, minor, unadvisable, inadvisable, exacerbate, worsen, aggravate, decline, exasperatebetter(p), best(p)adjective
(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
"it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond"
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worse, worsened, inadvisable, minor, unadvisable, worsen, aggravate, decline, exasperate, exacerbatebetterverb
more than half
"argued for the better part of an hour"
Antonyms:
worsened, unadvisable, worse, minor, inadvisable, worsen, exacerbate, aggravate, exasperate, declinebetter, breakverb
surpass in excellence
"She bettered her own record"; "break a record"
Synonyms:
demote, kick downstairs, cave in, collapse, let on, break-dance, bring out, interrupt, offend, reveal, die, disclose, burst, split up, pause, fail, smash, crack, wear out, weaken, get around, go bad, break up, amend, expose, transgress, break away, split, unwrap, come apart, bankrupt, improve, ruin, dampen, give away, get out, break off, separate, fall apart, break out, fall in, give out, go, founder, break in, bust, break dance, stop, intermit, ameliorate, divulge, breach, check, snap off, damp, soften, violate, erupt, give, fracture, develop, break down, discontinue, give way, conk out, part, relegate, meliorate, break, bump, infract, go against, recrudesce, discover, wear, let outAntonyms:
worse, unadvisable, minor, worsened, inadvisable, decline, exasperate, worsen, aggravate, exacerbatebetter, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb
to make better
"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
Synonyms:
improve, repair, remedy, amend, meliorate, remediate, break, ameliorate, rectifyAntonyms:
worse, inadvisable, minor, worsened, unadvisable, worsen, exacerbate, decline, exasperate, aggravatebetter, improve, ameliorate, meliorateadverb
get better
"The weather improved toward evening"
Synonyms:
ameliorate, meliorate, break, improve, amendAntonyms:
worse, unadvisable, minor, worsened, inadvisable, worsen, exasperate, decline, aggravate, exacerbatebetteradverb
comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
"She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job"
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bestAntonyms:
worse, minor, inadvisable, worsened, unadvisable, worsen, exasperate, aggravate, decline, exacerbatebetter, bestadverb
from a position of superiority or authority
"father knows best"; "I know better."
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bestAntonyms:
unadvisable, inadvisable, worsened, worse, minor, aggravate, decline, worsen, exasperate, exacerbate
Editors Contribution
in a higher degree, improved, higher quality
Submitted by Soulwriter on June 1, 2021
Dictionary of English Synonymes
betteradjective
Synonyms:
more good, more excellent, good in a higher degreebetteradjective
Synonyms:
more useful, more valuablebetteradjective
Synonyms:
preferable, more desirable, more acceptablebetteradjective
Synonyms:
more fit, more appropriate, more suitablebetteradjective
Synonyms:
improved in health, less illbetteradjective
Synonyms:
more familiar, more intimatebetternoun
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superiority, advantagebetternoun
Synonyms:
improvement, greater goodbetternoun
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superiorbetteradjective
Synonyms:
in a superior manner, in a more excellent way, more fully, more completelybetteradjective
Synonyms:
with greater advantage, more usefully or profitablybetteradjective
Synonyms:
more, in a higher degreebetterverb
Synonyms:
improve, amend, emend, meliorate, ameliorate, reform, make or render better
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
betternoun
Synonyms:
upper hand, domination, advantage, control, superiority, improvementbetterverb
Synonyms:
ameliorate, improve, emend, promote, reform, meliorate, amend
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
BETTER
Synonyms:
Beta Radiation Trial to Eliminate RestenosisBETTER
Synonyms:
Beta Radiation Trial to Eliminate Restenosis
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#28 | more | |
#123 | go | |
#151 | best | |
#207 | part | |
#272 | check | |
#495 | better | |
#555 | give | |
#976 | higher | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1326 | improve | |
#1480 | greater | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1618 | break | |
#1666 | repair | |
#1763 | die | |
#1837 | advance | |
#1847 | correct | |
#2173 | improvement | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2636 | fail | |
#2664 | wear | |
#2863 | improved | |
#2903 | easier | |
#2995 | discover | |
#3345 | reform | |
#3400 | enhance | |
#3684 | split | |
#3962 | enhanced | |
#4002 | improving | |
#4224 | crack | |
#5672 | founder | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7124 | reveal | |
#7436 | amend | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#9001 | breach | |
#9419 | disclose | |
#9876 | burst | |
#9954 | unwrap | |
#10588 | bump | |
#10611 | pause | |
#10713 | bust | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#12366 | expose | |
#12746 | violate | |
#13346 | smash | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#16088 | clearer | |
#18213 | brighter | |
#18220 | damp | |
#18285 | mitigate | |
#19274 | preferable | |
#21898 | bankrupt | |
#22808 | discontinue | |
#23039 | offend | |
#23960 | cleanse | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#30385 | soften | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#33156 | mend | |
#36357 | purify | |
#42688 | divulge | |
#51445 | dampen | |
#53129 | erupt | |
#56993 | punter | |
#60127 | ameliorate | |
#75301 | mieux | |
#77777 | remediate | |
#98708 | transgress | |
#98810 | migliore | |
#103600 | bettor | |
#108826 | demote | |
#109510 | relegate | |
#153865 | emend | |
#318728 | intermit |
How to use better in a sentence?
Having somebody like Emmet sitting behind you makes you feel a lot better about life, i think I'm the last sitting White House staffer to go to Capitol Hill and correctly invoke executive privilege on behalf of the president.
We all hoped that Costco was going to present the opportunity to start to build a better system for poultry.
We can work out ways to be smarter about screening and prevention, if we are more sophisticated about working out risk for individuals, then we can better advise them as to whether prevention and screening would lower their risk enough to make it worth it for them.
I had one treatment, and my wrist felt better almost within the next couple weeks, through the course of the next seven months, it continued to feel better and better.
We have several sons who have gone to the United States for school. Kakenya is the only one that I can think of that has come back to help us, what she tells us, it touches us. ... She brought a school and a light and is trying to change old customs to help girls get a new, better life.
Translations for better
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- по-добре, подобрявамBulgarian
- millorarCatalan, Valencian
- gwellaWelsh
- bedreDanish
- besserGerman
- plibonigiEsperanto
- mejor, mejorar, mejoresSpanish
- بهبودی, بهبودنPersian
- mieuxFrench
- melioInterlingua
- beturIcelandic
- migliorare, meglioItalian
- טוב יותרHebrew
- より良いJapanese
- ಉತ್ತಮKannada
- 더 나은Korean
- meliorLatin
- beterDutch
- bedre, forbedreNorwegian
- lepiejPolish
- melhor, melhorarPortuguese
- îmbunătăți, mai bineRomanian
- лучшеRussian
- bólje, bóljšeSlovene
- bättre, förbättraSwedish
- boraSwahili
- بہترUrdu
- tốt hơnVietnamese
- gudikumo, gudükumönVolapük
- 更好Chinese
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