What are some opposite words for better?
Antonyms for better
ˈbɛt ərbet·ter
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term better.
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.
Antonyms:
aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiateSynonyms:
advance, ameliorate, amend, cleanse, correct, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repair
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
betterverb
Antonyms:
make worseSynonyms:
meliorate, improve, amend, emend, ameliorate, rectify, reform
Princeton's WordNet
betternoun
something superior in quality or condition or effect
"a change for the better"
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inadvisable, minor, worse, unadvisable, worsened, exasperate, worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, declinebettor, better, wagerer, punternoun
someone who bets
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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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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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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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worse, unadvisable, minor, worsened, inadvisable, decline, exasperate, worsen, aggravate, exacerbateSynonyms:
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 outbetter, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb
to make better
"The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
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worse, inadvisable, minor, worsened, unadvisable, worsen, exacerbate, decline, exasperate, aggravateSynonyms:
improve, repair, remedy, amend, meliorate, remediate, break, ameliorate, rectifybetter, improve, ameliorate, meliorateadverb
get better
"The weather improved toward evening"
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worse, unadvisable, minor, worsened, inadvisable, worsen, exasperate, decline, aggravate, exacerbateSynonyms:
ameliorate, meliorate, break, improve, amendbetteradverb
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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worse, minor, inadvisable, worsened, unadvisable, worsen, exasperate, aggravate, decline, exacerbateSynonyms:
bestbetter, bestadverb
from a position of superiority or authority
"father knows best"; "I know better."
Antonyms:
unadvisable, inadvisable, worsened, worse, minor, aggravate, decline, worsen, exasperate, exacerbateSynonyms:
best
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
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How to use better in a sentence?
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
It's sad. It's really sad, if we had known this was going on, we would have never let him join this fraternity. I never in my life thought I was sending a 17-year-old kid off to end up two months later gone. It's repulsive. He would have been better off joining the Marines and going to war.
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
Mississippi State coach Mike Leach:
Before long though, I realized that that was a grave error and there’s far better ahead than candy corn.
Earlier this week, Senate and House Democrats moved to include just such an immigration component in their Build Back Better plan, now it is up to them to get it done. Millions of lives hang in the balance.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#495 | better | |
#772 | mar | |
#2673 | minor | |
#4423 | worse | |
#5615 | decline | |
#6159 | harm | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#25560 | impair | |
#34306 | injure | |
#35337 | worsen | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#42806 | worsened | |
#43554 | blemish | |
#44647 | exacerbate | |
#47884 | depress | |
#51950 | tarnish | |
#55038 | aggravate | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#123240 | inadvisable | |
#162847 | debase | |
#227873 | exasperate |
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