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ADJECTIVE | 1 | better | (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability |
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2 | better | (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness | |
3 | better, best | (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable | |
4 | better | More than half | |
ADVERB | 1 | better | Comparative of `well' |
2 | better, best | From a position of superiority or authority | |
NOUN | 1 | better | One having claim to precedence |
2 | better, bettor, wagerer, punter | Someone who bets | |
3 | better | The superior one of two alternatives | |
VERB | 1 | better, break | Surpass in excellence |
2 | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better | |
3 | better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate | Get better |
Sounds | beh'ter |
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Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 621 more rhymes in ter at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | (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. |
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Examples | "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" |
Similar | amended; finer; improved |
See also | good |
Contrary | worse |
Usage | comparative |
Meaning | (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness. |
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Examples | "her health is better now"; "I feel better" |
Similar | fitter, healthier |
Contrary | worse, worsened |
Usage | comparative |
Meaning | (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable. |
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Examples | "it would be better to speak to him" |
Synonyms | best |
Similar to | advisable |
Usage | comparative |
Meaning | More than half. |
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Examples | "argued for the better part of an hour" |
Similar to | major |
Meaning | One having claim to precedence. A superior. |
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Examples | "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters" |
Broader | superior |
Meaning | Someone who bets. |
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Synonyms | bettor, wagerer, punter |
Narrower | taker; caller |
Broader | gambler |
Verbs | bet |
Meaning | The superior one of two alternatives. |
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Examples | "chose the better of the two" |
Broader | good, goodness |
Verbs | better; better; better |
Meaning | Comparative of `well'. In a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc. |
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Examples | "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job" |
Meaning | From a position of superiority or authority. |
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Examples | "I know better." |
Synonyms | best |
Meaning | Surpass in excellence. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "She bettered her own record" |
Synonyms | break |
Broader | surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform |
Nouns | better |
Meaning | To make better. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate |
Cause to | better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate |
Narrower | relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage; help, aid; regenerate, revitalize; enrich; build up, develop; turn around; help; upgrade; condition; emend; iron out, straighten out, put right; enhance; repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on; reform; reform; beautify, embellish, prettify; build; perfect, hone; polish, refine, fine-tune, down; purify, sublimate, make pure, distill; fructify; raise, lift; advance; upgrade; educate |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Contrary | worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate |
Similar to | better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate |
Nouns | betterment; better |
Meaning | Get better. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | improve, ameliorate, meliorate |
Caused by | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate |
Narrower | recuperate, recover, convalesce; heal; reform, straighten out, see the light; surge; turn around, pick up; get well, get over, bounce back; mend, heal; fructify; upgrade |
Broader | change state, turn |
Contrary | worsen, decline |
Similar to | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate |
Nouns | betterment; better |