Antonyms for better
ˈbɛt ərbet·ter

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1. 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, vitiate

   Synonyms:
   advance, ameliorate, amend, cleanse, correct, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repair

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. betterverb

   Antonyms:
   make worse

   Synonyms:
   meliorate, improve, amend, emend, ameliorate, rectify, reform

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Gambler
   • Good
   • Superior

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. betternoun

   something superior in quality or condition or effect

   "a change for the better"

   Antonyms:
   inadvisable, minor, worse, unadvisable, worsened, exasperate, worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, decline

   Synonyms:
   punter, wagerer, bettor

2. bettor, better, wagerer, punternoun

   someone who bets

   Antonyms:
   worsened, minor, unadvisable, worse, inadvisable, exacerbate, decline, exasperate, aggravate, worsen

   Synonyms:
   punter, wagerer, bettor

3. betternoun

   a superior person having claim to precedence

   "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"

   Antonyms:
   worse, minor, unadvisable, worsened, inadvisable, aggravate, worsen, exacerbate, exasperate, decline

   Synonyms:
   punter, wagerer, bettor

4. betteradjective

   the superior one of two alternatives

   "chose the better of the two"

   Antonyms:
   worse, inadvisable, worsened, unadvisable, minor, worsen, exasperate, aggravate, decline, exacerbate

   Synonyms:
   punter, wagerer, bettor

5. betteradjective

   (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, decline

   Synonyms:
   better(p), best(p)

6. betteradjective

   (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness

   "her health is better now"; "I feel better"

   Antonyms:
   worsened, worse, minor, unadvisable, inadvisable, exacerbate, worsen, aggravate, decline, exasperate

   Synonyms:
   better(p), best(p)

7. better(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"

   Antonyms:
   worse, worsened, inadvisable, minor, unadvisable, worsen, aggravate, decline, exasperate, exacerbate

8. betterverb

   more than half

   "argued for the better part of an hour"

   Antonyms:
   worsened, unadvisable, worse, minor, inadvisable, worsen, exacerbate, aggravate, exasperate, decline

   Synonyms:
   better(p), best(p)

9. better, breakverb

   surpass in excellence

   "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"

   Antonyms:
   worse, unadvisable, minor, worsened, inadvisable, decline, exasperate, worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

   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 out

10. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb

    to make better

    "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

    Antonyms:
    worse, inadvisable, minor, worsened, unadvisable, worsen, exacerbate, decline, exasperate, aggravate

    Synonyms:
    improve, repair, remedy, amend, meliorate, remediate, break, ameliorate, rectify

11. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorateadverb

    get better

    "The weather improved toward evening"

    Antonyms:
    worse, unadvisable, minor, worsened, inadvisable, worsen, exasperate, decline, aggravate, exacerbate

    Synonyms:
    ameliorate, meliorate, break, improve, amend

12. betteradverb

    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"

    Antonyms:
    worse, minor, inadvisable, worsened, unadvisable, worsen, exasperate, aggravate, decline, exacerbate

    Synonyms:
    best

13. better, bestadverb

    from a position of superiority or authority

    "father knows best"; "I know better."

    Antonyms:
    unadvisable, inadvisable, worsened, worse, minor, aggravate, decline, worsen, exasperate, exacerbate

    Synonyms:
    best

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1. betternoun

   Synonyms:
   upper hand, domination, advantage, control, superiority, improvement

2. betterverb

   Synonyms:
   ameliorate, improve, emend, promote, reform, meliorate, amend

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BETTER

   Synonyms:
   Beta Radiation Trial to Eliminate Restenosis

2. BETTER

   Synonyms:
   Beta Radiation Trial to Eliminate Restenosis

How to use better in a sentence?

1. Andre Gide:

   It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

2. Kim Burch:

   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.

3. Desiderius Erasmus:

   The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

4. 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.

5. Frank Sharry:

   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.

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