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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"
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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"
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worsened, unadvisable, worse, minor, inadvisable, worsen, exacerbate, aggravate, exasperate, declinebetter, breakverb
surpass in excellence
"She bettered her own record"; "break a record"
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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"
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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"
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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
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more useful, more valuablebetteradjective
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preferable, more desirable, more acceptablebetteradjective
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more fit, more appropriate, more suitablebetteradjective
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improved in health, less illbetteradjective
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more familiar, more intimatebetternoun
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superiority, advantagebetternoun
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improvement, greater goodbetternoun
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superiorbetteradjective
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in a superior manner, in a more excellent way, more fully, more completelybetteradjective
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with greater advantage, more usefully or profitablybetteradjective
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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
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Beta Radiation Trial to Eliminate RestenosisBETTER
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Beta Radiation Trial to Eliminate Restenosis
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#151 | best | |
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#272 | check | |
#495 | better | |
#555 | give | |
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#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 | |
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#8193 | remedy | |
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#9419 | disclose | |
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#9954 | unwrap | |
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#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?
Investors would be better off just putting their money in passive funds.
Republicans would like nothing better because they view their role as defending the President, being the President's lawyers.
We can better estimate the population size of these systems in the universe and also better understand how these systems' get together' in the first place, on the extended wish list we would soon hope to have a supernova which goes off somewhere close so that we can capture the expected gravitational waves from this type of event and better model the supernova process.
This is positive news as it shows that just one dose of this vaccine generates good levels of immunity and that this protection does not seem to wane in the shorter term, in immunology terms, this finding is not unexpected as we know that some other vaccines confer better immunity when the doses are more spread out. Although further information is required to confirm these findings for older age groups, overall this new research should provide reassurance around the UK's decision to offer the two doses of this vaccine 12 weeks apart.
In my experience as a clinician, as well as some studies that have been undertaken, many of the individuals who are family members have symptoms, though they may not have complained of those symptoms to their doctors, sometimes because they did not realize they were an abnormality and sometimes because they were never asked, in that circumstance, I often find in my practice that patients who go on a gluten-free diet, who themselves did not even appreciate the symptoms, often feel better.
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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