Better

Quick meaning: Better is an adjective meaning comparative degree of good and well.

Meaning

comparative degree of good and well.

More Meanings

1. Greater in amount or quantity
2. Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
3. Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
4. comparative form of well: more well
5. An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
6. (modal, auxiliary verb, colloquial) Had better.
7. (transitive) To improve.

Example Sentences

How are you? ~ A little better, thanks.

I could never better stead thee than now.[…]

The engine runs better now that I've given it some oil.

The top electric vehicles have a range of 300 kilometres or better.

Word Forms

• betterer
• betterest
• betters
• bettering
• bettered

Synonyms for better

Depending on context, synonyms include top, break, ameliorate, improve, meliorate, improved.

Antonyms for better

Common opposites include decline, exacerbate, aggravate, exasperate, worsened, worsen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include major, finer, improved, meliorate, improve, ameliorate.

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