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better as in 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
better as in from a position of superiority or authority
  • father knows best
  • I know better.

Synonyms

  • best get the better of; in a most excellent way or manner; it would be sensible; from a position of superiority or authority; (superlative of `good’) having the most positive qualities; (comparative and superlative of `well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; the supreme effort one can make; the person who is most outstanding or excellent; Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
better as in (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
better as in (comparative of `good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
  • her health is better now
  • I feel better
better as in (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

Synonyms

  • better(p)
  • best(p)
better as in more than half
  • argued for the better part of an hour
better as in something superior in quality or condition or effect
  • a change for the better
better as in someone who bets

    Synonyms

    • bettor someone who bets
    • wagerer someone who bets
    • punter someone who propels a boat with a pole ; (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground ; someone who bets
    better as in a superior person having claim to precedence
    • the common man has been kept in his place by his betters
    better as in the superior one of two alternatives
    • chose the better of the two
    better as in surpass in excellence
    • She bettered her own record
    • break a record

    Synonyms

    • break some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; an unexpected piece of good luck; (geology) a crack in the earth’s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); a pause from doing something (as work); the act of breaking something; a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something ; breaking of hard tissue such as bone; the occurrence of breaking; an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool ; (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; a sudden dash; any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; an escape from jail; terminate; become separated into pieces or fragments; render inoperable or ineffective; ruin completely; destroy the integrity of; act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; move away or escape suddenly; scatter or part; force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; prevent completion; enter someone’s (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; make submissive, obedient, or useful; fail to agree with; surpass in excellence; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; come into being; stop operating or functioning; interrupt a continued activity; make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one’s own by quitting or fleeing; curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; lessen in force or effect; be broken in; come to an end; vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; cause to give up a habit; give up; come forth or begin from a state of latency; happen or take place; cause the failure or ruin of; invalidate by judicial action; discontinue an association or relation; assign to a lower position; reduce to bankruptcy; change directions suddenly ; emerge from the surface of a body of water; break down, literally or metaphorically; do a break dance; exchange for smaller units of money; destroy the completeness of a set of related items; make the opening shot that scatters the balls ; separate from a clinch, in boxing; go to pieces; break a piece from a whole; become punctured or penetrated; pierce or penetrate; be released or become known; cease an action temporarily; interrupt the flow of current in; undergo breaking; find a flaw in; find the solution or key to; change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; happen; become fractured; crack; fall sharply; fracture a bone of; diminish or discontinue abruptly; weaken or destroy in spirit or body
    better as in to make better
    • The editor improved the manuscript with his changes

    Synonyms

    • improve to make better; get better
    • amend make amendments to; to make better; set straight or right
    • ameliorate to make better; get better
    • meliorate to make better; get better
    better as in get better
    • The weather improved toward evening

    Synonyms

    • improve to make better; get better
    • ameliorate to make better; get better
    • meliorate to make better; get better